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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana

June 2, 1990Allen County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 8:32 PM EST for Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1990, 8:32 PM EST (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1990, 9:00 PM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Allen 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1990-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1038 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1990-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1038 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 2, 4:43 PM EST, 3 hours 49 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, 3 hours 8 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, 3 hours 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, 2 hours 5 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, 1 hour 57 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
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:38 PM EST, 54 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-002-030100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
738 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MARSHALL EXPIRED AT
730 PM EST...
...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9PM EST..
...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED BUT A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN
INDIANA.

MCCLUNG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaGrange27 min
Jun 2, 7:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWabash, Whitley44 min
Jun 2, 8:22 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXDeKalb, Noble38 min
Jun 2, 8:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWabash, Whitley38 min
Jun 2, 9:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Whitley26 min
Jun 2, 9:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb28 min
Jun 3, 4:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXJay31 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.