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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 1990, 4:51 PM CDT for Newton County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 28, 1990, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1990, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 5:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Newton, 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 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 295 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
- 1114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 282153
TORIND
INC111-282230-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
451 PM EST (451 PM CDT) TUE AUG 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST (530 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
...NORTHERN NEWTON
AT 448 PM EST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE
ILLINOIS AND INDIANA STATE LINE 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCHNEIDER OR 30
MILES SOUTH OF GARY.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
PEOPLE IN THE CITIES OF SUMAVA RESORTS...LAKE VILLAGE...THAYER AND
ROSELAWN SHOULD MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OF THE HOME ON THE LOWEsST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. THIS STORM PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED A TORNADO IN THE JOLIET
AREA OF ILLINOIS.
STEIGERWALDTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 50 min |
| Aug 28, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 38 min |
| Aug 28, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper, Newton | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fulton, Pulaski | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, White | 51 min |
| Aug 28, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 68 min |
| Aug 28, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 51 min |
| Aug 28, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 52 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.