Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1986, 5:10 PM EST for Hancock County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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 11, 1986, 5:10 PM EST (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1986, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hancock 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 11, 5:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hancock, 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 112210 SVRIND INC059-112245- BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 510 PM EST FRI JUL 11 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING HANCOCK COUNTY OF CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 500PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENFIELD. THIS STORM DOWNED TREES AS IT MOVED THROUGH MARION COUNTY. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE POLICE..SHERIFF..OR STATE POLICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 3:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 26 min |
| Jul 11, 4:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 4:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 5:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 5:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 37 min |
| Jul 11, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 47 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.