Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 1986, 3:15 PM EST for Henry 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, 3:15 PM EST (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1986, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry 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, 3:40 PM EST | Tornado F2 | Henry, 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 102013 TORIND INC065-145-102045- BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 315 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING... CENTRAL INDIANA COUNTIES OF SHELBY AND HENRY. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHELBYVILLE. AT 308 PM EST A TRAILER WAS DESTROYED IN NORTHWEST SHELBY COUNTY IN ADDTION A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR MOVING IN ON SHELBYVILLE. PERSONS IN SHELBYVILLE SHOULD TAKE COVER. EDWARDS
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, 2:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, 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 | 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 |
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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.