Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1986, 7:00 PM EST for Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 1986, 7:00 PM EST (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 1986, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tipton 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 991 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 270001 SVRIND INC159-270030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 700 PM EST TUE AUG 26 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN TIPTON COUNTY OF CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 650 PM EST...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TIPTON...40 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. WINDS FROM THIS STORM DOWNED LARGE TREE LIMBS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TIPTON ABOUT 645 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCES DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE A SMALL TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DS
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
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 3:12 PM EST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
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, Aug 26, 4:16 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
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. CT
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:00 PM EST, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 500 PM EST TUE AUG 26 1986 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IN INDIANA THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA AT 445 PM EST. THE STORMS WERE FROM 20 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOGANSPORT AND LAFAYETTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOURS AND WILL BE NEAR THE WABASH RIVER BETWEEN 500 AND 530 PM. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORMS. IF YOU SIGHT SEVERE WEATHER...SEEK SAFE SHELTER. IN YOUR HOME...A BASEMENT IS BEST. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A BASEMENT...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWE(ST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME. DS
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:44 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 545 PM EST TUE AUG 26 1986 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IN INDIANA THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AT 530 PM EST. THE STORMS WERE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF LOGANSPORT TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR FORT WAYNE... LOGANSPORT AND LAFAYETTE AROUND 600 PM. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORMS. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IF YOU SIGHT SEVERE WEATHER...SEEK SAFE SHELTHER. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME AND SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS...GET OUT OF THE MOBILE HOME AND TAKE SHELTER IN A STORM SHELTER OR OTHER STURDY SHELTER. DS
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 6:23 PM EST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 625 PM EST TUE AUG 26 1986 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IN INDIANA THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AT 610 PM EST. THE STORMS WERE FROM FORT WAYNE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF KOKOMO TO LAFAYETTE TO 35 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AROUND 600 PM...WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES WERE REPORTED AT THE LAFAYETTE AIRPORT AND BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AT BATTLE GROUND JUST NORTHEAST AND AT RADNOR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE. TREE LIMBS WERE REPORTED DOWN AT LOGANSPORT. THE STORMS WERE ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN INDIANA AND INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. IF YOU SIGHT SEVERE WEATHER...SEEK SAFE SHELTER. IF YOmU ARE IN A CAR AND SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS...GET OUT OF THE CAR AND TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. IF NO STURDY BUILDING IS NEARBY... TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OR CULVERT. DS
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 6:54 PM EST, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 655 PM EST TUE AUG 26 1986 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IN INDIANA THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AT 640 PM EST. THE STORMS WERE FROM FORT WAYNE TO KOKOMO TO CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 25 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AROUND 630 PM...SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN GREENTOWN...5 MILES EAST OF KOKOMO. WINDS OF UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORMS AS MOVE INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. THERE WILL ALSO BE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. IF YOU SIGHT SEVERE WEATHER...SEEK SAFE SHELTER. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DS
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.