Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 1986, 3:41 PM EST for Howard County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 1986, 3:41 PM EST (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 1986, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Howard County, IN, Miami 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 262041 SVRIND INC103-067-262115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 341 PM EST FRI SEP 26 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN EASTERN HOWARD AND MIAMI COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 339 PM EST...RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MIAMI COUNTY AND IN CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY BETWEEN PERU AND KOKOMO. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. . THIS STORM IS ACCOMPANIED BY INTENSE LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVaICE. EDWARDS
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, Sep 26, 2:04 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 200 PM EST FRI SEP 26 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 800PM EST. SHORTLY BEFORE 2PM EST A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE AND MOVING TOWARDS LAFAYETTE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR RENSSELAER. THE STATE POLICE ESTIMATED WINDS OF 50 MPH 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RENSSELAER AT 154PM EST. PERSONS IN NORTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 3:35 PM EST, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 335 PM EST FRI SEP 26 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 800PM EST. AT 325 PM EST THE PERU STATE POLICE POST REPORTED A GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS MIAMI COUNTY AND THE CITY OF PERU. THEY ALSO REPORTED STRONG WINDS DOWNED TREES ON CARS EAST OF LOGANSPORT AROUND 315PM EST. AT 330 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND DRENCHING RAINS BETWEEN PERU AND GRISSOM AIR FORCE BASE IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. RADAR ALSO SHOWED A CLUSTER OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE MOVING ACROSS PARKE COUNTY ABOUT 30 MILES\ WEST NORTHWEST OF GREENCASTLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. EDWARDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 30 min |
| Sep 26, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Cass | 35 min |
| Sep 26, 2:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 52 min |
| Sep 26, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 30 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.