Tornado Warning 15, NWS Indianapolis, IN

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
630 PM EST THU MAY 15 1986

330PM EST    LAWRENCE COUNTY...NEAR MITCHELL SEVERAL LARGE TREE
             LIMBS DOWN. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
420PM EST    HAMILTON COUNTY...NEAR ARCADIA  COUPLE LARGE TREES
             BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY AMATEUR
425PM EST    SOUTHEAST HAMILTON COUNTY LARGE TREE DOWN. REPORTED
             BY AMATEUR.
450PM EST    HENRY COUNTY...NEAR NEW CASTLE...ONE TREE DOWN. REPORTED
             BY AMATEUR.
525PM EST    RANDOLPH COUNTY NEAR CARTHAGE...METAL LIGHT POLE BENT
             OVER. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
525PM EST    WAYNE COUNTY...SEVERAL TREES AND SOME POWER LINES DOWN
             IN RICHMOND. REPORTED BY THE SHERIFF.
GERY/EDWARDS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
 646  PM EST THU MAY 15 1986

 IN INDIANA THIS .......TORNADO.......  WATCH IS IN EFFECT
 UNTIL 100  AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...
 NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROCKVILLE TO FORT WAYNE.

 SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SOUTH BEND...LAFAYETTE..GARY..
 ROCHESTER AND FORT WAYNE

STORM REPORT CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
647 PM EST THU MAY 15 1986

525PM EST    RANDOLPH COUNTY NEAR SAROTOGA...METAL LIGHT POLE BENT
             OVER. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
ADD
615PM EST    ONE INCH DIAMETER NEAR LIBERY IN UNION COUNTY OF EAST
             CENTRAL INDIANA.
GERY/EDWARDS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
659 PM EST THU MAY 15 1986

TORNADO WATCHES NOW COVER MOST OF INDIANA. THE WATCH FOR SOUTHERN
AND PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA WILL EXPIRE AT 9PM EST. THE TORNADO
WATCH FOR NORTHERN INDIANA EXPIRES AT 1AM EST.

PERSONS IN THE HOOSIER STATE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS. STAY ALERT AND PLAN YOUR ACTIONS NOW IN THE
EVENT YOU MUST MOVE TO SHELTER QUICKLY.

NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DRENCHING
RAINS WERE EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF COLUMBUS TO ABOUT 15
MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE 3AREA FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE
THROUGH MARTINSVILLE TO ABOUT SHELBYVILLE BETWEEN 655PM AND
800 PM EST.
EDWARDS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
805 PM EST THU MAY 15 1986

TORNADO WATCHES CONTINUE TO COVER MOST OF INDIANA. THE WATCH FOR
SOUTHERN AND PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EST.
THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN INDIANA EXPIRES AT 1AM EST.

AT 750 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE STRENGTHING ALONG A LINE FROM
LAFAYETTE SOUTH THROUGH 20 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE. MOST OF
THE STRONG STORMS WERE STILL OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS NEAR THE
CITIES OF DANVILLE AND ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF MATTOON.
AT 745 PM EST A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT CHARLESTON WHICH IS ABOUT
40 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DRENCHING RAINS
EXTENDED FROM RICHMOND THROUGH INDIANAPOLIS TO BLOOMFIELD.

PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGE IN WEATHER
CONDITIONS. SEEK SHELTER WHEN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

GERY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
815 PM EST THU MAY 15 1986

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE
MOVING EAST TOWARDS LOGANSPORT AT 810PM EST.

ANOTHER STORM THAT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS IN
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE. THIS STORM
WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AND ENTER INDIANA BETWEEN CLINTON AND
TERRE HAUTE. PERSON IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO SHELTER QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LOGANSPORT TOWARDS LAFAYETTE TO DANVILLE ILLINIOS. THIS LINE
OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL FROM JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF
INDIANAPOLIS TO ABOUT BLOOMINGTON. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS
CAN BE EXPECTED.
EDWARDS