Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 1986, 1:00 PM CST for Gibson County, Indiana. It was in force for 20 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
- Mar 10, 1986, 1:00 PM CST (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1986, 1:20 PM CST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gibson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 1:16 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Gibson, 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
Salem-Leckrone, IL (KSLO), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 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 KEVV 101900 TOREVV INC051-101920- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 100 PM CST MON MAR 10 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 120 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...GIBSON AT 1255 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE OHIO RIVER 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE IN GIBSON COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD OWENSVILLE INDIANA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 12:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 32 min |
| Mar 10, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 25 min |
| Mar 10, 1:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 1:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Spencer | 24 min |
| Mar 10, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson | 25 min |
| Mar 10, 2:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 25 min |
| Mar 10, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | IND | Shelby | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | IND | Rush | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 2:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph, Wayne | 35 min |
| Mar 10, 3:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union | 27 min |
| Mar 10, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 20 min |
| Mar 10, 4:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 27 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.