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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 6, 1986Hancock County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1986, 10:04 PM EST for Hancock County, Indiana. It was in force for 21 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 1986, 10:04 PM EST (03:04 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1986, 10:25 PM EST
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock 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 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1986-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1279 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1986-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1370 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 4:43 PM EST, 5 hours 21 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, 5 hours 9 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, 4 hours 8 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, 3 hours 16 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe, White28 min
May 6, 8:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVermillion, Warren30 min
May 6, 8:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain30 min
May 6, 8:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks30 min
May 6, 9:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone30 min
May 6, 9:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion26 min
May 6, 9:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Shelby30 min
May 6, 9:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson30 min
May 6, 10:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Rush32 min
May 6, 10:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette32 min
May 6, 10:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne33 min
May 7, 2:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur25 min
May 7, 3:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe45 min
May 7, 4:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Montgomery42 min
May 7, 4:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke42 min
May 7, 5:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion45 min
May 7, 5:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson42 min
May 7, 5:30 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson, Marion30 min
May 7, 6:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby25 min
May 7, 6:10 PM ESTTornado WarningINDRush35 min

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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.