Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1986, 5:58 PM EST for Delaware County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1986, 5:58 PM EST (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1986, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Delaware 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 112258 SVRIND INC035-112330- BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 558 PM EST FRI JUL 11 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING... DELAWARE COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 550 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUNCIE OR 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL MOVE NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF MUNCIE AROUND 615 PM. 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. JEH
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
Local storm report, Jul 11, 5:22 PM EST, 36 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
525 PM EST FRI JUL 11 1986
510 PM EST CHANNEL 8..DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS REPORTS MEASURED WIND
GUSTS OF 60 MPH.
512 PM EST TREE REPORTED DOWN AND LIVE WIRE ON GROUND AT 29TH AND
CAPITOL..3 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN INDIANPOLIS. REPORTED
BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS.
504 PM EST PUBLIC REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD IN SOUTHEAST HAMILTON
COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY 238 AND I-69. REPORT UNCONFIRMED.
514RPM EST WIND GUST OF 44 MPH AT INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
CURRANThe 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, 5:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 5:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.