Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 6:22 PM EST for Huntington County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 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 30, 1990, 6:22 PM EST (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1990, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Huntington 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:30 PM EST | Hail 2.75 | Wells, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 KIND 302323
SVRFWA
INC069-179-010015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
ISSUED BY INDIANAPOLIS IN
622 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
...SOUTHERN HUNTINGTON...WESTERN WELLS
AT 618 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PVER SOUTHERN
HUNTINGTON COUNTY...OR 15 MILES NORTEAST OF MARION.
PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF WARREN AND MOUNT ZION SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK 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.
WJG/RPWhat 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, 3 hours 2 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, 2 hours 22 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, 2 hours 13 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 45 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, 1 hour 22 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, 55 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, 5:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Whitley | 41 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 |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.