Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Indianapolis, IN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND CENTRAL INDIANA PRECIPITATION SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1110 AM EST TUE AUG 26 1986

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS WAS
ENTERING WESTCENTRAL INDIANA/S WARREN COUNTY AT 11 AM EST.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS
WARREN AND FOUNTAIN COUNTIES AND INTO TIPPICANONE AND NORTH
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES BY NOON EST.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR BLINDING
DOWNPOURS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS THE NOTHERN THIRD OF
INDIANA FROM FORT WAYNE INTO EASTCENTRAL ILLINOIS NEAR DANVILLE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1220 PM EST TUE AUG 26 1986

AT 1215 PM EST A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA.  THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
SOUTH OF PERU NEAR GRISSOM AIR FORCE BASE.  OTHER VERY HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR KOKOMO TO
SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY NEAR COLFAX.

REPORTS FROM STATE POLICE INDICATE THAT WIND GUSTS ARE NEAR 35
MPH AND THAT THERE ARE HEAVY DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR WITH LITTLE CHANGE
IN INTENSITY SINCE 1130 AM EST.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR
VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

ECY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
130 PM EST TUE AUG 26 1986

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST INDIANA HAS BEEN
CANCELED.

AT 125 PM EST A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
NEAR FORT WAYNE TO BLOOMINGTON TO JUST EAST OF EVANSVILLE. THERE WERE
BREAKS IN THE LINE. OTHER SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA
AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA.

NONE OF THE STORMS DEPICTED ON INDIANAPOLIS RADAR AT 125 PM APPEARED
TO BE SEVERE. HOWEVER SOME COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS INDIANA LATER THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECzTED TO REDEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
310 PM EST TUE AUG 26 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL
900 PM EST.

THE WATCH AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND.

AT 300 PM EST THE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT INDIANAPOLIS SHOWED
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WINCHESTER SOUTHWEST THROUGH
SEYMORE AND SALEM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTH
OF RICHMOND..NEAR THE TOWN OF LIBERTY.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO PUSH INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA.
THESE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS THEY SPREAD SOUTHEAST
INTO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA.

AT 300 PM EST THESE NEW STORMS WERE FROM THE SOUTHERN PORTION
OF LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTHWEST INTO THE GARY AREA AND CONTINUE
INTO ILLINOIS.

GERY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
410 PM EST TUE AUG 26 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL
900 PM EST...

AT 400 PM EST..A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH BLINDING DOWNPOURS..AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS..WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE LINE EXTENDED
FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND TO THE OHIO RIVER..AND THEN ALONG THE
RIVER TO LOUISVILLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR..AND WILL MOVE
OUT OF INDIANA AND INTO OHIO AND KENTUCKY BY 5 PM EST.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EXTREME NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS FROM SOUTHBEND TO KAKAKEE ILLINOIS.

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