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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 2, 1991Cass County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1991, 2:08 PM EST for Cass County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1991, 2:08 PM EST (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1991, 2:45 PM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Cass County, IN

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, Jul 2, 12:58 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
INZ004-005-007>009-021900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1255 PM EST TUE JUL 2 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA...

AT 1255 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST
INDIANA FROM NEAR LOGANSPORT TO MONTICELLO AND EXTENDED INTO EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

STATE POLICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR REMINGTON OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LAFAYETTE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND MOVING
TOWARD THE TOWN OF WOLCOTT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND MOVE
INTO CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

SINCE THIS IS A DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATIYON PERSONS IN NORTHWEST AND
CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING
IS ISSUED.

TMA
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:37 PM EST, 31 minutes before
INZALL-021930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
136 PM EST TUE JUL 2 1991

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF INDIANA
UNTIL 800 PM EST. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE KOKOMO...
LAFAYETTE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...JASPER AND
EVANSVILLE.

AT 135 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
WERE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR LOCKPORT...TO 50 MILES
WEST OF LAFAYETTE IN EASTERN ILLINOIS.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR KENTLAND.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOWN OF GOODLAND.
PEOPLE IN GOODLAND CAN EXPECT EXTRMELY HEAVY RAIN...GSUTY WINDS...AND
SMALL HAIL BETWEEN 140 AND 150 PM EST.

SBH
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:03 PM EST, 5 minutes before
INZALL-022000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
200 PM EST TUE JUL 2 1991

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF INDIANA
UNTIL 800 PM EST. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE KOKOMO...
LAFAYETTE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...JASPER AND
EVANSVILLE.

AT 155 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30
MILES EAST OF LOGANSPORT TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR LOGANSPORT...AND 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LAFAYETTE NEAR EARL PARK. AT 155 PM EST AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL 6 MILES SOUTH OF LOGANSPORT.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF
ROUNDGROVE...OTTERBEIN...BUNKER HILL...AND PERU CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN
...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL BETWEEN 200 AND 230 PM EST.

HARLEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart, Saint Joseph25 min
Jul 1, 8:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart53 min
Jul 2, 2:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami39 min
Jul 2, 2:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry33 min
Jul 2, 3:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGrayson62 min
Jul 2, 3:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian, Todd41 min
Jul 1, 8:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass33 min
Jul 1, 9:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDSaint Joseph118 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.