Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1986, 6:40 PM EST for Union County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1986, 6:40 PM EST (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1986, 7:10 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union 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 12:00Z, 11.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 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 012343
SVRIND
INC161-020010-
BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
640 PM EST TUE JUL 1 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 710 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN
UNION COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA.
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED A FEW
TRAILERS WERE OVERTURNED IN WEST CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR..LARGE HAIL..FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND POSSIBLE 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 STATE POLICE
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PRZYBYLINSKIWhat 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, Jul 1, 4:25 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 425 PM EST TUE JUL 1 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN INDIANA TILL 9 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL INDIANA HAVE BEEN PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IN BROWNSBURG AN INCH OF RAIN FELL IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. IN WHITESTOWN 1.3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 40 MINUTES. HEAVY RAIN CAN QUICKLY FLOOD LOW AREAS. SOME STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA BEFORE 5 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT TILL 9 PM EST AND COVERS THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF SULLIVAN TO BROOKVILLE. REMEMBER..A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN AND NEAR THE DESIGNATED AREA. DF
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:35 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 430 PM EST TUE JUL 1 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN INDIANA TILL 9 PM... AT 425 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STORMS PRODUCED A WIND GUST TO 45 MPH AS THEY MOVED OVER THE INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ASIDE FROM SOME GUSTY WINDS..THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. A HALF INCH OF RAIN FELL AT THE AIRPORT IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES. STREET FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. REMEMBER..A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN AND NEAR THE DESIGNATED AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:04 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 500 PM EST TUE JUL 1 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN INDIANA TILL 9 PM... AT 455 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL INDIANA WERE OVER THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA AND EXTENDED BACK TOWARD STILESVILLE IN SOUTHWEST HENDRICKS COUNTY TO EAST OF GREENCASTLE IN PUTNAM COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM WAS JUST NORTH OF ANDERSON IN MADISON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. WINDS GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL AS RAINFALL OF ABOUT AN INCH IN HALF AN HOUR. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT TILL 9 PM FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF SULLIVAN TO BROOKVILLE. REMEMBER..A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN AND NEAR THE DESIGNATED ARE6A. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. DF
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:27 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 530 PM EST TUE JUL 1 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN INDIANA TILL 9 PM... AT 520 PM EST SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA IN HANCOCK AND SHELBY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN HENRY COUNTY NEAR KNIGHTSTOWN AND WESTERN RUSH COUNTY NEAR CARTHAGE BY 600PM. THESE STORMS CONTAIN BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. OTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA IN HENDRICKS AND MORGAN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT TILL 9 PM FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF SULLIVAN TO BROOKVILLE. REMEMBER..A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN AND NEAR THE DESIGNATED AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREAA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:09 PM EST, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 610 PM EST TUE JUL 1 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN INDIANA TILL 9 PM... AT 600 PM EST A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EASTERN RUSH COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING INTO FAYETTE COUNTY NEAR CONNERSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF STONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDES FROM RUSHVILLE THROUGH SHELBYVILLE AND INTO NORTHERN BROWN AND MONROE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS THAT COVERED THE MOST OF INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING `EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:38 PM EST, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 640 PM EST TUE JUL 1 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN INDIANA TILL 9 PM... AT 635 PM EST A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO UNION COUNTY IN EXTREME EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STATE POLICE REPORTED THAT SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH RUSH COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH BLINDING RAIN AS~ IT MOVES THROUGH UNION COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS THAT COVERED THE MOST OF INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vanderburgh, Warrick | 46 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.