Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1986, 4:55 PM EST for Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1986, 4:55 PM EST (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1986, 5:55 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe 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
Salem-Leckrone, IL (KSLO), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 1370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 30, 1:59 PM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 200 PM EST MON JUN 30 1986 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 200 PM EST ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MILLPORT WHICH IS 10 MILES SOUTH OF BROWNSTOWN. AT 145PM EST...THE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN INDIANA FROM WASHINGTON TO BEDFORD ...FRENCH LICK AND SEYMOUR. IN THE NORTHWEST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM THE INDIANA STATE LINE AT DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO WILLIAMSPORT AND LAFAYETTE INDIANA. STILL MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS FROM GREENFIELD TO CONNERSVILLE. KENYON AND 1000PM. AsLL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING A LITTLE SOUTH OF EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME HEAVY THUNDERSTROMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HAINES
Local storm report, Jun 30, 2:20 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
220 PM EST MON JUNE 30 1986
140 PM EST 1 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL REPORETED BY COOPERATIVE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OVSERVER AT MILLPORT INDIANA
WHICH IS 10 MILES SOUTH OF BROWNSTOWN..45 MILES NORTH-
WEST OF LOUSIVILLE KY.
CURRANSpecial weather statement, Jun 30, 4:07 PM EST, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 409 PM EST MON JUN 30 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 9 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO CINCINNATI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PUTNAM COUNTY EXPIRED AT 4 PM EST. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CLAY COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 415 PM EST. THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED VERY STRONG WINDS AT 4 PM EST. A THIRD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FOR GREEN COUNTY...PEOPLE NEAR BLOOMFIELD SHOULD BE ALERT FOR A SEVERE STORM INDICATED ON RADAR. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING INTO THE GREATER INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 5 PM EST. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED ONE HALF INCH RAIN FELL AT GREENCASTLE IN 15 MINUTES AS THE STORM PASSED WITH SOME SMALL LIMBS DOWN IN THE CITY. TWO INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED ,EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AT MILPORT..IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. CURRAN
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:23 PM EST, 32 minutes before
BULLETIN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 423 PM EST MON JUN 30 1986 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE W0ARNING WAS INITIALLY VALID TIL 5 PM EST..BUT RADAR INDICATES THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NOW CENTERED JUST WEST OF BLOOMINGTON INDIANA. CURRAN
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:44 PM EST, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 445 PM EST MON JUN 30 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 9 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO CINCINNATI. AT 435PM...A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST MONROE COUNTY JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. THIS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH BROWN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY VERY RAIN..INTENSE LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THIS STORM WAS ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNERSTROMS THAT WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM BLOOMINGTON TO RICHMOND AND SOUTH OPF A LINE FROM CRWAFORDSVILLE TO MUNCIE. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING JUST A LITTLE SOUTH OF DUE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 1:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 3:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 68 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.