Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1986, 8:05 PM EST for Vermillion County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 1986, 8:05 PM EST (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1986, 8:35 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Warren, IN | |
| May 6, 8:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Warren, IN | |
| May 6, 8:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Warren, IN |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 3052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 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 070104 SVRIND INC165-IN171-070135- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 805 PM EST TUE MAY 6 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 835 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN VERMILLION AND SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 800 PM EST...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AT DANVILLE ILLINOIS...40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THIS STORM PRODUCED 50 MPH WINDS AT DANVILLE. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM COULD ALSO PRODUCE A SMALL TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF SEVERE WEATH<ER THREATENS TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGANCY. ALLSOPP
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, 4 hours 11 minutes 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, 3 hours 22 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, 3 hours 10 minutes 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
Special weather statement, May 6, 5:56 PM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
INDIANA SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 600 PM EST TUE MAY 6 1986 ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED IN INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM FOWLER IN BENTON COUTNY TO ANGOLA IN STEUBEN COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 125 IN ILLINOIS HAS BEEN REPLACED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 128. JEH
Special weather statement, May 6, 6:48 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 645 PM EST TUE MAY 6 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EST. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 640 PM EST. INDIANAPOLIS RADAR SHOWED A SHORT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA AT 640 PM. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE FROM JUST SOUTH OF ARCADIA IN HAMILTON COUNTY TO ALEXANDRIA IN MADISON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH TOWARD ANDERSON. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY CROSS MADISON COUNTY. STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF OR POLICE POST. DD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, White | 28 min |
| May 6, 8:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain | 30 min |
| May 6, 8:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 30 min |
| May 6, 9:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 30 min |
| May 6, 9:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 26 min |
| May 6, 9:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 30 min |
| May 6, 9:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 30 min |
| May 6, 10:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 21 min |
| May 6, 10:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 32 min |
| May 6, 10:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette | 32 min |
| May 6, 10:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 33 min |
| May 7, 2:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 25 min |
| May 7, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 45 min |
| May 7, 4:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 42 min |
| May 7, 4:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 42 min |
| May 7, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 45 min |
| May 7, 5:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 42 min |
| May 7, 5:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 30 min |
| May 7, 6:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 25 min |
| May 7, 6:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Rush | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
Sources
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.