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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 7:29 PM EST for Cass County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1990, 7:29 PM EST (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cass County, IN, Miami County, IN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:05 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Cass, IN | |
| Jun 2, 8:05 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Miami, IN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1038 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 030028 TORIND INC017-103-030115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 729 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...EASTERN CASS AND MIAMI AT 725 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST EAST OF LOGANSPORT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE CITY OF PERU IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN PERU SHOULD MOVE TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EDWARDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 7:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 7:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 7:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 7:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 7:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 7:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Martin | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 7:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fulton | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 7:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 7:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Pike | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 7:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Monroe | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 7:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 7:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 16 min |
| Jun 2, 8:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, Miami | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 8:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 8:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Sullivan | 17 min |
| Jun 2, 8:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 8:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Dubois, Gibson, Pike | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 8:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Martin | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 8:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 8:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 8:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 8:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 8:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 8:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Vanderburgh | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 8:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 9:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Spencer, Warrick | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 9:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jennings | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 9:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 3:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph, Wayne | 28 min |
| Jun 3, 4:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 5:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fayette, Rush | 27 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.