Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1986, 3:45 PM EST for Randolph County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
- Mar 10, 1986, 3:45 PM EST (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1986, 4:20 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Randolph County, IN, Wayne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 3:50 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wayne, IN | |
| Mar 10, 3:55 PM EST | Tornado F3 | Randolph, 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 422 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 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 102044 RRA SVRIND INC135-177-102120- BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 420 PM EST FOR PERSONS IN THE EAST CENTRAL INDIANA COUNTIES OF WAYNE AND SOUTHERN RANDOLPH. AT 340PM EST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WERE MOVING INTO THESE COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WIND DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. PLEASE MOVE TO SHELTER AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GO THE THE LOWEST LEVEL AND INTERIOR PORTION OF* A STURDY STRUCTURE. EDWARDS
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, Mar 10, 11:41 AM EST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1140 AM EST MON MAR 10 1986 ...BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS... BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL INDIANA BY 1230 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SHOWERS...WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 50 MPH. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE GUSTY WINDS. AT 11 30 PM EST THE SHOWERS WERE LOCATEDFROM NEAR ANDERSON TO GREENFIELD TO BEDFORD. BY 1230 PM THE SHOWERS AND STRONG GUSTYS WINDS WILL BE FROM WEST OF WINCHESTER...TO EAST OF NEW CASTLE... TO RUSHVILLE TO BETWEEN SEYMOUR AND NORTH VERNON. CURRAN
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 1:33 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 135 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER BETWEEN 145PM AND 215PM EST. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING SULLIVAN INDIANA WHICH IS ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. A POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORM WAS ALSO CLOSING IN ON WEST TERRE HAUTE. PLEASE BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY QUICKLY. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE HOUSE OR APARTMENT OR GO TO A BASEMENT IF A STORM WARNING IS ISSUED OR A STORM APPRAOCHES YOUR LOCATION. EDWARDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 1:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 32 min |
| Mar 10, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 2:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Gibson | 20 min |
| Mar 10, 2:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 25 min |
| Mar 10, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 2:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 2:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Spencer | 24 min |
| Mar 10, 3:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson | 25 min |
| Mar 10, 3:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 25 min |
| Mar 10, 3:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 3:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Shelby | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 3:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Rush | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union | 27 min |
| Mar 10, 5:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 20 min |
| Mar 10, 5:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 27 min |
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.