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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 10, 1986Johnson County, Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 1986, 2:45 PM EST for Johnson County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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, 2:45 PM EST (19:45 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 1986, 3:15 PM EST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, IN, Marion 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, 3:00 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Marion, 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

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 422 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 421 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 101946 COR
TORIND
INC097-081-102015-

BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
245 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EST FOR PERSONS IN THE

CENTRAL INDIANA COUNTIES OF.....NORTHERN JOHNSON AND SOUTHERN
MARION. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF INDIANAPOLIS

THE STATE POLICE HAS REPORTED UP TO 4 TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS IN
MORGAN COUNTY...SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AT 240 PM EST.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW IN THE
INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE HOUSE OR APARTMENT.
EDWARDS
CORRECTION FOR CABLE TV CODING.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 10, 1:48 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	32 min
Mar 10, 2:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Owen	30 min
Mar 10, 2:00 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Gibson	20 min
Mar 10, 2:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan	25 min
Mar 10, 2:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	30 min
Mar 10, 2:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Spencer	24 min
Mar 10, 3:00 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson	25 min
Mar 10, 3:05 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Shelby	25 min
Mar 10, 3:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Henry	30 min
Mar 10, 3:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Shelby	30 min
Mar 10, 3:20 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Rush	30 min
Mar 10, 3:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur	30 min
Mar 10, 3:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph, Wayne	35 min
Mar 10, 4:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Union	27 min
Mar 10, 5:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew	20 min
Mar 10, 5:23 PM EST	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.