Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1986, 5:30 PM EST for Johnson County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports 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
- May 7, 1986, 5:30 PM EST (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1986, 6:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 5:42 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Johnson, IN | |
| May 7, 5:58 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, 10.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 803 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 896 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 072232 TORIND INC097-081-072300- BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 530 PM EST WED MAY 7 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING... CENTRAL INDIANA COUNTIES...SOUTHERN MARION AND NORTHERN JOHNSON AT 530 PM EST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS OVER SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY..NEAR THE INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION AMATEUR RADIO REPORTED A POSSIBLE TOUCHDOWN AT FAIRVIEW AND HIGHWAY 135 IN GREENWOOD AT 525PM EST. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. EDeWARDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, White | 28 min |
| May 6, 8:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vermillion, Warren | 30 min |
| May 6, 8:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain | 30 min |
| May 6, 8:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 30 min |
| May 6, 9:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 30 min |
| May 6, 9:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 26 min |
| May 6, 9:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 30 min |
| May 6, 9:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 30 min |
| May 6, 10:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 21 min |
| May 6, 10:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 32 min |
| May 6, 10:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette | 32 min |
| May 6, 10:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 33 min |
| May 7, 2:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 25 min |
| May 7, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 45 min |
| May 7, 4:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 42 min |
| May 7, 4:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 42 min |
| May 7, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 45 min |
| May 7, 5:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 42 min |
| May 7, 6:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 25 min |
| May 7, 6:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Rush | 35 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.