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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 16, 1986Jackson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1986, 8:30 PM EST for Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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 16, 1986, 8:30 PM EST (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1986, 9:00 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 8:50 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Jackson, 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 1986-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2030 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1986-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
2030 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1300 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
8.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 170133 COR
SVRIND
INC071-170200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
830 PM EST MON JUN 16 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR PERSONS IN EASTERN JACKSON
COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

AT 825 PM EST...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 50 MILES
SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...NEAR COLUMBUS.

THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE
ACROSS SEYMOUR...BROWNSTOWN AND CROTHERSVILLE BEFORE 900 PM EST.

THE COUNTY SHERRIF REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED IN BARTHOLOMEW
COUNTY BETWEEN 815 PM AND 825 PM EST.

HENDRICKSON
WINDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

GERY

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 16, 3:17 PM EST, 5 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
315 PM EST MON JUN 16 1986

THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT
FOR ANY PART OF INDI
Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:27 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
725 PM EST MON JUNE 16 1986

515 PM EST   SMALL TREES DOWNED NEAR FARMLAND IN RANDOLPH COUNTY
             AND REPORTED BY STATE POLICE AT RED KEY.

612 PM EST   WEST 87TH STREET 15 TO 18 INCH TREE LIMB DOWNED IN WESTERN
             MARION COUNTY. REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.

634 PM EST   TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN 5 MILES NORTH OF RUSHVILLE IN
             RUSH COUNTY. REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.

655 PM EST   TREES AND OUTBUILDINGS DOWNED IN HENDRICKS COUNTY AND
             REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

656 PM EST   LARGE TREES DOWN NORTH OF LIBERTY IN UNION COUNTY.
             REPORTED BY STATE POLICE AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR.

709 PM EST   TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED 5 MILES SOUTH OF SHELBYVILLE.
             REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF AND CONFIRMED AT LATER TIME
             BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR.

KOLDITZ/GERY/HENDRICKSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby30 min
Jun 16, 7:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan25 min
Jun 16, 7:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson30 min
Jun 16, 7:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew31 min
Jun 16, 8:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings42 min
Jun 16, 9:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson32 min
Jun 16, 9:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson25 min

Nearby

Severe 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.