Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1986, 5:55 PM EST for Howard County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 1986, 5:55 PM EST (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1986, 6:20 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Howard 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 062258 SVRIND INC067-062320- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 555 PM EST TUE MAY 6 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 620 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 550 PM EST...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF KOKOMO IN HOWARD COUNTY. STRONG WINDS..LARGE HAIL..AND INTENSE LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SUCH A STORM COULD ALSO PRODUCE A SMALL TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. DD
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, May 6, 3:54 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 355 PM EST TUE MAY 6 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE TO NEAR FORT WAYNE UNTIL 8 PM EST. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR MICHIGAN CITY AROUND 330 PM BY THE INDIANA STATE POLICE. VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WERE FROM WEST OF RENNSELAER SO8UTHWEST INTO ILLINOIS AROUND CHAMGAIGN AND URBANA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. STSY TUNED FOR LATER INFORMATION. CURRAN
Special weather statement, May 6, 4:43 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 440 PM EST TUE MAY 6 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE TO NEAR FORT WAYNE UNTIL 8 PM EST. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA FROM KENDALLVILLE IN NOBLE COUNTY THROUGH WINAMAC AND MONON TO NEAR WILLIAMSPORT IN WARREN COUNTY AT 430 PM. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL AT SOME LOCATIONS. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE STATE POLICE IN SOUTHEAST JASPER COUNTY AND BY THE CIVIL DEFENSE IN BENTON COUNTY NEAR FOWLER. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED AT MONTICELLO AND REYNOLDS. JUST EAST OF REYNOLDS ON U.S. 24 A BARN WAS DESTROYED BY STRONG WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. STAY TUNED FOR LATER INFORMATION. DD
Special weather statement, May 6, 4:55 PM EST, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 450 PM EST TUE MAY 6 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE TO NEAR FORT WAYNE UNTIL 8 PM EST. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE TO WARREN COUNTY IN THE WEST. HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL OCCURRED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS WHILE ONE STORM JUST EAST OF REYNOLDS DESTROYED A BARN. RADAR SHOWED THAT THE STORM NEAR REYNOLDS DECREASED RAPIDLY IN INTENSITY AFTER DESTROYING THE BARN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO ATTICA AND MONTICELLO BY 5 PM AND INTO THE LAFAYETTE AREA SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM EST. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE LOCAL POLICE OR SHERIFF. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER INFORMATION. DD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 3:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 31 min |
| May 6, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall | 31 min |
| May 6, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 25 min |
| May 6, 5:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Cass | 32 min |
| May 6, 5:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 27 min |
| May 6, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 25 min |
| May 6, 6:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton | 25 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.