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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 11, 1986Ohio County, Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 5:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Ohio, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1986-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 365 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1986-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 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
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

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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, 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

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.