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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 11, 1986Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1986, 7:35 PM EST for Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 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, 7:35 PM EST (00:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 1986, 8:15 PM EST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Decatur County, IN, Jennings 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, 7:45 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Jennings, 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 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

Local storm report, Jul 11, 5:22 PM EST, 2 hours 13 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.

CURRAN

Local storm report, Jul 11, 6:00 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:16 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:14 PM EST, 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 12:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Shelby	30 min
Jul 12, 12:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	37 min
Jul 12, 1:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fayette	35 min
Jul 12, 1:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jennings	18 min
Jul 12, 2:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	White	35 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.