Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 5:49 PM EST for Whitley County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1990, 5:49 PM EST (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1990, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Whitley 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1097 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 302249
SVRFWA
INC183-302330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
549 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
...SOUTHERN WHITLEY
AT 535 PM EST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF FORT
WAYNE 0R 5 MILES WEST OF SOUTH WHITLEY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
PEOPLE IN SOUTH WHITLEY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE APPROACH OF THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOtWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.What 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 30, 3:20 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-302115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 315 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 10 PM EST/11 PM EDT... AT 300 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAND WERE LOCATED FROM CHICAGO TO NEAR ELGIN ILLINOIS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. MW
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:00 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-302230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 400 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFCT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 4 PM EST A THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR LAKE JAMES IN NORTHERN STEUBEN COUNTY OF NORTHEAST INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BY 6 PM EDT THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE OR 10 MILES NORTH OF BRYAN OHIO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN CENTRAL INDIANA FROM LAFAYETTE TO CONNERSVILLE. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. - HAYES
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:09 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-302115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 410 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 10 PM EST/11 PM EDT... AT 405 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA ...NORTHWEST TO 5 MILES EAST OF CHICAGO ILLINIOS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER ON THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER INCIDENTS TO THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES. GALLAGHER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:37 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-302300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 436 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFCT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 430 PM EST ALL THUNDERSTORMS HAD DISSIPATED IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST INDIANA AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR PUBLIC RADIO FOR UPDATES. HAYES
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:00 PM EST, 49 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-302300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 500 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFCT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 455 PM EST THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST INDIANA OR EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR0 WARSAW TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO UPDATES. HAYES
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:27 PM EST, 22 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-302330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 530 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFCT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 425 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR SOUTH WHITLEY TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES EAST OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR PAULDING OHIO AND 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR WABASH INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THEY CONTAINED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVUY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. - PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THEIR AREAS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IN CASE OF STRONG STORM DEVELOPMENT. HAYES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 6:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 6:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wells | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 6:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 53 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.