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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 14, 1986Henderson County, Kentucky; Warrick County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1986, 5:28 PM CDT for Henderson County, Kentucky; Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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 14, 1986, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1986, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Warrick County, IN, Henderson County, KY

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 5:35 PM CDTHail 1.75Warrick, IN
May 14, 5:35 PM CDTHail 2Henderson, KY
May 14, 5:55 PM CDTHail 1.75Warrick, IN
May 14, 6:02 PM CDTHail 1.75Warrick, 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

Salem-Leckrone, IL (KSLO), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Salem-Leckrone, IL at 12:00Z on 1986-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Salem-Leckrone, IL at 12:00Z on 1986-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 142228
SVREVV
KYC101-INC173-142315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
528 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...HENDERSON
SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WARRICK

AT 525 PM CDT PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT
BASKIN KENTUCKY..JUST EAST OF HENDERSON.  WEATHER RADAR
SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THAT AREA..MOVING TO
THE NORTH AT ABOUT 20 TO 25 MPH.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

WILLIAMS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWebster65 min
May 13, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1986Severe 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.