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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 22, 1986Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1986, 8:05 PM EST for Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 1986, 8:05 PM EST (01:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 1986, 8:32 PM EST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Wayne County, IN

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 69 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 472 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAAOO KIND 230104
SVRIND
INC177-230145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
805 PM EST SUN JUN 22 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
 
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
          ..WAYNE

AT 805 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN WAYNE
COUNTY...60 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT
36 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THE CITY OF RICHMOND IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH,
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING, PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
GgERY

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, 3:22 PM EST, 4 hours 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
320 PM EST SUN JUN 22 1986

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED AT 310 PM EST THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH TIPPECANOE AND
SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY AROUND 230 PM EST HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY
AS IT ENTERED HOWARD AND CLINTON COUNTY AT 315 PM EST.

HOWEVER..THE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM TH<AT DEVELOPED AT 225 PM EST
IN TIPPECANOE COUNTY DOWNED SEVERAL TREES AND TOOK OFF THE ROOF OF A
SHED BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF BATTLE GROUND AND AMERICUS NORTH OF STATE
ROAD 25.

KOLDITZ

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:18 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
515 PM EST SUN JUNE 22 1986

225 PM EST   SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED OVER NORTHERN
             TIPPECANOE COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF ASHE GROVE.
             REPORTED BY TIPPECANOE COUNTY SHERIFF.

230 PM -
235 PM EST   SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED NEAR BATTLE GROUND
             AND AMERICUS IN NORTHEAST TIPPECANOE COUNTY. THE ROOF
             OF ONE LARGE SHED WAS UPLIFTED NEAR BATTLE GROUND.
             REPORTED BY TIPPECANOE COUNTY SHERIFF AND INDIANA
             STATE POLICE..LAFAYETTE.

240 PM EST   SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED NEAR RADNOR BLOCKING
             INDIANA SR 39 IN SOUTHWEST CARROLL COUNTY. TREES
             ALSO SNAPPED POWER LINES. REPORTED BY CARROLL
             COUNTY SHERIFF.
.
250 PM -
255 PM EST   SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED ABOUT 2 TO 3 MILES WEST
             TO FLORA IN CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY. TREES SNAPPED
             POWER LINES. REPORTED BY CARROLL COUNTY SHERIFF.

255 PM EST   A FEW LARGE TREES WERE DOWNED NEAR CUTLER INDIANA
             IN SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY. REPORTED BY CARROLL COUNTY
             SHERIFF.

PRZYBYLINSKI/KOLDITZ

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:06 PM EST, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
705 PM EST SUN JUN 22 1986

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA BUT CONTINUES' UNTIL 11 PM FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA.

THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PORTLAND IN JAY COUNTY TO
ROCKVILLE IN PARKE COUNTY AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM PRINCETON IN GIBSON
COUNTY TO LAWRENCEBURG IN DEARBORN COUNTY.

ALLSOPP

Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:59 PM EST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT...PART 2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
755 PM EST SUN JUNE 22 1986

1730 PM EST  FEW LARGE TREES DOWN NEAR GUION ON INDIANA HWY 59 IN
             NORTHERN PARKE COUNTY REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

1750 PM EST  A FEW LARGE TREES DOWN 3 MILES NORTH OF CRAWFORDSIVLLE
             NEAR HWY 231 IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

1800 PM EST  A FEW LARGE TREES DOWN 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRWFORDSVILLE
             NEAR DARLINGTON IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

1845 PM -    SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON NORTH SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS
1850 PM EST  REPORTED BY CITIZENS AND AMATUER RADIO OPERATORS.

1850 PM EST  ROOF TORN OFF AAMCO TRANSMISSION ON NORTH SIDE OF
             INDIANAPOLIS REPORTED BY CITIZEN.

1900 PM EST  SEMI TRAILER BLOWN OVER AT WASHINGTON SQUARE MALL
             ON FAR EAST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS REPORTED BY AMATUER
             RADIO OPERATOR.

1900 PM -    TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE AND 4 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN
1905 PM EST  IN MCCORSDVILLE IN HANCOCK COUNTY.

1923 PM EST  4 TO 6 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUNCIE
             IN SOUTHWEST DELAWARE COUNTY REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

ALLSOPP/PRZYBYLINSKI/GERY/VAN ETTEN/EDWARD]S

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:03 PM EST, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
802 PM EST SUN JUN 22 1986

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL UNTIL 11 PM EST

THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PORTLAND IN JAY COUNTY TO
ROCKVILLE IN PARKE COUNTY AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM PRINCETON IN GIBSON
COUNTY TO LAWRENCEBURG IN DEARBORN COUNTY.

THE WARNINGS FOR HENRY AND DELAWARE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL INDIANA
EXPIRED AT 800 PM EST.

AT 723 PM EST THE DELAWARE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED LIMBS 4 TO 6 INCHES
IN DIAMETER WERE BLOWN DOWN SOUTHEAST OF MUNCIE.

AT 800 PM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY
...60 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
CITY OF RICHMOND AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM RUSHVILLE...NORTH OF
COLUMBUS AND NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER AND SEaEK SHELTER WHEN A STORM APPROACHES.

GERY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 7:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry	55 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.