Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1986, 4:44 PM CDT for Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 11, 1986, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1986, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ohio 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Ohio, KY |
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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 365 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jun 11, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 320 PM EST WED JUN 11 1986 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE WESTERN HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST. AT 305 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN THE WESTERN INDIANA NEAR NEWPORT..ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS 20 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON...NEAR BEDFORD. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. AS OF 315 PM EST NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED IN INDIANA.. HOWEVER PEOPLE IN THE W ESTERN HALF OF INDIANA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT. LISTEN COMMERICAL RADIO AND TELEVISON STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GERY
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:52 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 350 PM EST WED JUN 11 1986 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST. AT 345 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN TERRE HAUTE AND CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND AROUND BLOOMINGTON TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DRENCHING RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. E5DWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:30 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 428 PM EST WED JUN 11 1986 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST AND CENTRAL PARTS OF INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST. AT 425 PM EST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKFORT...OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON...NEAR COLUMBUS...AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH VERNON. THESE STORMS RANGED FROM 35 TO 50 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. . THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN THE WATCH AREA AND IF SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TOW THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT THIS TIME. STEIGERWALDT
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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.