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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1986, 2:35 PM EST for Carroll County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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 22, 1986, 2:35 PM EST (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1986, 3:10 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carroll 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 22, 2:50 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Carroll, 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1263 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 221936 SVRIND INC015-222010- BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 235 PM EST SUN JUN 22 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 310 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING NORTHWEST INDIANA COUNTY OF SOUTHERN CARROLL AT 230 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST TIPPECANOE COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AT 225 PM EST STATE POLICE AT LAFAYETTE REPORTED TREES DOWNED IN NORTHEAST TIPPECANOE COUNTY. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS FLORA AND DEPHI SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. . REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR..LARGE HAIL..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD LOW AREAS. THESE STORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE A SMALL TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE POLICE..SHERIFF..OR STAT"E POLICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KOLDITZ/RP
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 22, 1:30 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 130 PM EST SUN JUN 22 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA... AT 120 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE AND OVER EXTREME NORTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY ILLINOIS..ABOUT 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. GUSTY SURFACE WINDS..VIVID LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS. . THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 5:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 6:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 6:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 41 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.