Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Mar 10, 1986, 2:00 PM EST (19:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 10, 1986, 2:30 PM EST

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Whole counties

County Owen County, IN

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

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.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 101859
SVRIND
INC119-101930-

BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
200 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM EST FOR PERSONS IN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL
INDIANA.

AT 156 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING
DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL ENTERING WESTERN OWEN COUNTY. THE
STORM WAS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE.

THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR..LARGE HAIL..FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD LOW AREAS.

THESE STORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE A SMALL TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE POLICE..SHERIFF..OR STATE POLICE
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
STEIGERWALDT

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
940 AM EST MON MAR 10 1986

AT 935 AM EST A LINE OF SHOWERS AND DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WAS
OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. A THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST EAST OF TERRE
HAUTE AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS WAS FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE
HAUTE TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE.

THUNDERSTORMS COULD INTENSIFY RAPIDLY AND MAYPRODUCE STRONG
WINDS AyS THEY MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN 945 AM
AND 1030 AM EST.
EDWARDS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1140 AM EST MON MAR 10 1986

...BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS...

BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL INDIANA BY
1230 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.  THE SHOWERS...WILL PRODUCE WIND
GUSTS OF NEAR 50 MPH. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE
GUSTY WINDS.

AT 11 30 PM EST THE SHOWERS WERE LOCATEDFROM NEAR ANDERSON TO
GREENFIELD TO BEDFORD.  BY 1230 PM THE SHOWERS AND STRONG GUSTYS
WINDS WILL BE FROM WEST OF WINCHESTER...TO EAST OF NEW CASTLE...
TO RUSHVILLE TO BETWEEN SEYMOUR AND NORTH VERNON.
CURRAN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
135 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL INDIANA. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER BETWEEN 145PM AND
215PM EST.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING SULLIVAN INDIANA WHICH IS
ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. A POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORM
WAS ALSO CLOSING IN ON WEST TERRE HAUTE. PLEASE BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO SAFETY QUICKLY.

PERSONS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE HOUSE
OR APARTMENT OR GO TO A BASEMENT IF A STORM WARNING IS ISSUED OR
A STORM APPRAOCHES YOUR LOCATION.
EDWARDS

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.