Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 7:18 PM EST for LaGrange County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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 2, 1990, 7:18 PM EST (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County LaGrange 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 2, 7:20 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 030018
SVRFWA
INC087-030045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
718 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
LAGRANGE
AT 712 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 50 MILES
NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAGRANGE
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
PEOPLE IN THE AREA AROUND THE CITY OF LAGRANGE INDIANA
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR
WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE
STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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 2, 4:15 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-022315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 415 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9PM EST.. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST INDIANA WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO 20 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE UNTIL 9PM EST. AT 405 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN...SOUTH TO JUST WEST O[F LAYFETTE INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR PALMER INDIANA...15 MILES SOUTH OF GARY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. GALLAGHER MCCLUNG
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:43 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-022345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 440 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9PM EST.. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO 20 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE UNTIL 9PM EST. EAST OF THIS LINE THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EST. AT 435 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN...SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF LAYFETTE INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MICHIGAN CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. GALLAGHER
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:24 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-002-030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 525 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9PM EST.. ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9PM WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO 20 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE. EAST OF THIS LINE THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EST. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. AT 520 PM EST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WESTERN BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. A THUNDERSTORM WAS BETWEEN SAWYER AND BUCHANAN MICHIGAN...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...JUST NORTH OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATER THIS EVENING. MCCLUNG
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:32 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-022325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 535 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST/12 AM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO... AT 528 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND CONTAINED BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BY 625 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 20 MILES WEST OF HUNTINGTON TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF MARION IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPES. MARSHALL
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:27 PM EST, 51 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-002-030130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 630 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9PM EST.. ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9PM WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO 20 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE. EAST OF THIS LINE THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EST. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. AT 625 PM EST...STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYNG OVER NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF RENSSELAER INDIANA. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO MEDARYVILLE INDIANA BY 620 PM EST AND NEAR KNOX INDIANA BY 630 PM EST. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH SPEEDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVER MOST OF NORTHWEST INDIANA AND kWILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THESE WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS BUT HAVE CAUSED SOME DAMAGE IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. GALLAGHER
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:35 PM EST, 43 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-030025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 634 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST/12 AM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO... AT 625 PM EST NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING REPORTED IN NORTHEAST INDIANA OR NORTHWEST OHIO. HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING INDICATED IN WESTERN INDIANA. BY 730 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENTERING LAGRANGE COUNTY OF NORTHEAST INDIANA. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO REMAIN HIGH IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. PERSONS IN THESE BOTH NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO SH~OULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER DOES DEVELOPE. MARSHALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash, Whitley | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 8:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Noble | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 8:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 8:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash, Whitley | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 9:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Whitley | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 9:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb | 28 min |
| Jun 3, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 31 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.