Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Sep 29, 1986, 5:47 PM EST (22:47 UTC)

Expired

Sep 29, 1986, 6:20 PM EST

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Benton County, IN, Newton County, IN

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
547 PM EST MON SEP 29 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 620 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN

SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY AND NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY OF NORTHWEST INDIANA.

AT 545 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN IROQUOIS
COUNTY OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE& STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH
TOWARD MOROCCO...KENTLAND...AND FOWLER.

THIS STORM OVERTURNED A SEMI IN PONTIAC IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY ILLINOIS.

THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A SMALL TORNADO WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING.

WVE/DF

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND INDIANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
505 PM EST MON SEP 29 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR MUCH OF
NORTHERN INDIANA...

THE AREA OF INDIANA NOW INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH IS NORTH OF A
LINE FROM COVINGTON IN FOUNTAIN COUNTY..TO LAFAYETTE..TO MONTICELLO
IN WHITE COUNTY..TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE.

AS OF 435 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED IN INDIANA BUT
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 MILES
AN HOUR AT THE MICHIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT IN SOUTH BEND.

A SUMMARY OF INDIANA WEATHER TODAY COULD BE MADE WITH TWO WORDS..
WARM AND WINDY. SKIES WERE PARTLY SUNNY IN THE NORTH AND MOSTLY SUNNY
IN THE SOUTH AS WINDS GUSTED TO 25 AND 30 MILES AN HOUR STATEWIDE
THIS AFTERNOON. LATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MID 80S
IN NORTHERN INDIANA TO THE LOW 90S IN THE SOUTH.

INDIANA WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO
BE WARM AND HUMID FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS AS THE HOOSIER STATE REMAINS IN A WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW
OF AIR BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EAST COAST AND LOW PRESSURE
OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTHERN PLAINS.

DF

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.