Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 4:29 PM EST for Grant County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1990, 4:29 PM EST (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Grant County, IN, Wells County, IN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 754 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 082129
SVRFWA
INC053-179-082200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
429 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
NORTHEAST GRANT...SOUTHERN WELLS
AT 423 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MARION IN NORTHEAST INDIANA.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
MARSHALLWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:19 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 218 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 213 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED FROM THE SOUTHSIDE OF FORT WAYNE TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION OR 10 MILES WEST OF WABASH INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND CONTAINED GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BY 315 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAULDING OHIO TO 10 MILES EAST OF WABASH INDIANA. MARSHALL
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:01 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-082045 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 300 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST... AT 257 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE NEAR COLUMBIA CITY...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF ALBION AND 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE OR JUST NORTH OF DECATUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND CONTAINED GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BY 400 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE AND 10 MILES EAST OF AUBURN INDIANA. MARSHALL
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:24 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-082115 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 320 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST... AT 317 PM EST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OCCURRING 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WABASH IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINED SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING 20 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE AND 15 MILES ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. BY 415 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF HUNTINGTON...20 MILES WEST OF DEFIANCE OHIO...AND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF DECATUR INDIANA. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT. MARSHALL
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:33 PM EST, 56 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-082115 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 320 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST... AT 317 PM EST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OCCURRING 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WABASH IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINED SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING 20 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. BY 415 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF HUNTINGTON...20 MILES WEST OF DEFIANCE OHIO...AND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF DECATUR INDIANA. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT. MARSHALL CORRECTED FOR LOCATION 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE IN 2ND PARA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Wells | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 8:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Wells | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 9:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Wells | 25 min |
| Jun 8, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.