Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1990, 11:17 AM EST for Huntington County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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
- Jul 9, 1990, 11:17 AM EST (16:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1990, 11:45 AM EST
- In force
- 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 11:43 AM EST | Hail 1 | 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, 4.3 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
- 1078 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 091617
SVRFWA
INC069-179-091645-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
1117 AM EST MON JUL 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
SOUTHERN HUNTINGTON...WELLS
AT 1113 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES
NORTH OF MARION INDIANA OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PEOPLE IN THE AREA AROUND THE CITY OF BLUFFTON INDIANA
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER
CROSSINGS.
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.
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, Jul 9, 8:00 AM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-010430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 720 AM EST MON JUL 9 1990 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 715 AM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA...OR JUST WEST OF AUBURN INDIANA. HEAVY RAINFALL STRONG GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST AT 45 MPH. BY 820 AM EST THE STORMS WILL BE LOCATED 25 MILES N#ORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA OR NEAR NEWVILLE INDIANA. RJB
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:02 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-091400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 800 AM EST MON JUL 9 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO... AT 755 AM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR CEDARVILLE TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR NEWVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. BY 900 AM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE OR 15 MILES EAST OF DEFIANCE OHIO. THEY WILL MOVE ACROSS DEFIANCE AND NORTHERN PAULDING COUNTIES OF EXTREME NORTHWEST TOHIO BEFORE 10 AM EDT. HAYES
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 9:03 AM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
INZ002-004-005-081600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 900 AM EST MON JUL 9 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA... AT 850 AM EST...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 25 MILES IN DIAMETER WERE LOCATED WITH THE CENTER 10 MILES SOUTH OF CROWN POINT INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORTH JUDSON BY 930 AM EST...CULVER BY 1030 AM EST. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. GALLAGHER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 9:45 AM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
INZ002-004-005-081645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 945 AM EST MON JUL 9 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA... AT 935 AM EST...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES IN DIAMETER WERE LOCATED WITH THE CENTER OVER GIFFORD INDIANA...40 MILES NORTH OF LAYFETTE INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR PULASKI BY 900 AM EST...AND THORNHOPE BY 1030 AM EST. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. GALLAGHER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:53 AM EST, 24 minutes before
INZ002-004-005-081750- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 1050 AM EST MON JUL 9 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 1045 AM EST...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES IN DIAMETER WERE LOCATED WITH THE CENTER STOCKDALE INDIANA...44 MILES WEST SOUTH- WEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS TIME ALL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF iTHE AREA AND POSE NO THREAT. GALLAGHER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:56 AM EST, 21 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ01-091700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 1055 AM EST MON JUL 9 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 1051 AM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND CONTAINED SMALL HAIL ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND DANGEROUnS LIGHTNING. BY 12 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM JUST SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BLUFFTON INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BY 1130 AM EST. MARSHALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 31 min |
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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.