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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 25, 1986Fulton County, Kosciusko County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1986, 5:38 PM EST for Fulton County, Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 67 min. 3 reports 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: Apr 25, 1986, 5:38 PM EST (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 1986, 6:45 PM EST
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fulton County, IN, Kosciusko 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
Apr 25, 5:40 PM EST	Hail 0.75	Kosciusko, IN
Apr 25, 5:59 PM EST	Hail 0.75	Kosciusko, IN
Apr 25, 6:07 PM EST	Hail 1.5	Kosciusko, 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 210 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1819 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSBN 252240
SVRSBN
INC085-049-252345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
538 PM EST FRI APR 25 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF

NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO AND EXTREME EASTERN FULTON

AT 530 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE FULTON
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY LINE..35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND..NEAR
MENTONE INDIANA..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM GET INTO A REIN-
FORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY ]RAIN AND LIGHTNING.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK
THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SAVAGE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 5:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Kosciusko	30 min
Apr 25, 6:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marshall, Starke	56 min
Apr 25, 6:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	LaPorte	56 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.