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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1990, 3:46 PM EST for LaGrange County, Steuben County, Indiana. It was in force for 59 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
- Jun 27, 1990, 3:46 PM EST (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1990, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties LaGrange County, IN, Steuben 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 27, 4:10 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Lagrange, 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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 272046
SVRFWA
INC087-151-272145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
346 PM EST WED JUN 27 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
NORTHEAST LAGRANGE...WESTERN STEUBEN
AT 343 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 50 MILES NORTH
OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA OR JUST NORTHEAST OF LAGRANGE IN NORTHEAST
INDIANA.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.} FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...AVOID
DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 27, 1:02 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-271900 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 100 PM EST WED JUN 27 1990 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINS JUST WEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA... AT 1257 PM EST A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINS HAD DEVELOPED JUST WEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND CONTAINED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. BY 1 PM EST THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE TO A POSITION 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF FORT WAYNE. MARSHALL
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:55 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-271945 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 155 PM EST WED JUN 27 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS A PORTION OF NORTHEAST INDIANA.. AT 150 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. QUARTER INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED AT BAER FIELD IN FORT WAYNE AT 145 PM EST. BY 250 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLUFFTON INDIANA. McARSHALL
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:07 PM EST, 39 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-272100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 305 PM EST WED JUN 27 1990 ...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FOR ALLEN AND ADAMS COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 300 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING 5 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE AND 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE OR JUST SOUTHEAST OF DECATUR IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RAINFALL AS GREAT AS 2 INCHES IN A 2 HOUR PERIOD HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. BY 4 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO A POSITION 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE AND INTO OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED STREETS. MARSHALLF
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:11 PM EST, 35 minutes before
INZ001-002-MIZ008-272130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 310 PM EST WED JUN 27 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... AT 3 00 PM EST...4 00 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WERE OVER ST. JOSEPH COUNTY MICHIGAN...JUST WEST OF STURGIS AND NEAR MENDON MICHIGAN...20 TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF KALAMAZOO. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHWOERS WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA JUST NOTH OF WARSAW...30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND...AND JUST NORTH OF KNOX...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. MOWERIY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Noble | 51 min |
Nearby
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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.