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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1986, 9:45 PM EST for Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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, 9:45 PM EST (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1986, 10:10 PM EST
- In force
- 25 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 9:45 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jackson, 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, 2.8 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 170247 SVRIND INC071-170310- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 945 PM EST MON JUN 16 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1010 PM EST FOR PERSONS IN SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 940 PM EST...JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES LIMBS 4 TO 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWN IN THE TOWN OF MEDORA...70 MILES OSOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. 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
Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:27 PM EST, 2 hours 18 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/HENDRICKSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 7:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 7:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 7:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 8:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 8:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 9:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 32 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.