Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1986, 3:15 PM EST for Clark County, Jefferson County, Scott County, Indiana. It was in force for 75 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, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clark County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Scott 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, 3:16 PM EST | Tornado F2 | Scott, 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 186 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 KSDF 102030 RRA SVRSDF INC077-143-019-043-061-102130- BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING..................CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 315 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN INDIANA... JEFFERSON...SCOTT...CLARK...FLOYD...AND HARRISON. HEN EGG SIZE HAIL AROUND ONE INCH DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED JUST EAST OF SALEM INDIANA IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AFFECTED AREA BETWEEN 315 AND 430 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THE WARoNED COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER PASSES. REMEMBER..THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. AUSTIN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 12:15 PM EST, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1215 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST AND NORTH KENTUCKY UNTIL 7 PM EST... AT NOON EST OR 11 AM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE FAR WEST PARTS OF KENTUCKY..WEST OF PADUCAH. THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN..STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY THROUGH 2 PM EST. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE REST OF WEST KENTUCKY. SKIES WERE CLOUDY OVER THE REST OF THE STATE AND TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S. WINDS WERE STRONG AND GUSTY WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER WEST KENTUCKY THROUGH 2 PM EST. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 1:19 PM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 115 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST AND NORTH KENTUCKY UNTIL 7 PM EST... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR WEST AND NORTH KENTUCKY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A TORNADO WATCH. AT 1 PM EST OR NOON CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE FAR WEST PARTS OF KENTUCKY FROM WEST OF MAYFIELD NORTH THROUGH PADUCAY. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SNALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST THROUGH WEST KENTUCKY THROUGH 2 PM CENTRAL TIME. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE REST OF WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER THE STATE AND TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S. WINDS WERE STRONG AND GUSTY WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. < STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER WEST KENTUCKY THROUGH AT LEAS&T 2 PM CENTRAL OR 3 PM EASTERN TIME. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 2:13 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 215 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST AND NORTH KENTUCKY UNTIL 7 PM EST... AT 1 PM EST OR NOON CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE FAR WEST PARTS OF KENTUCKY FROM EAST OF MAYFIELD NORTH THROUGH WEBSTER COUNTY THROUGH EVANSVILLE. STRONG WINDS..HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST THROUGH WEST KENTUCKY THROUGH 3 PM CENTRAL TIME. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE REST OF WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER THE STATE AND TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S. WINDS WERE STRONG AND GUSTY WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. < STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER WEST KENTUCKY THROUGH AT LEAST 3 PM CENTRAL OR 4 PM EASTERN TIME. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEARH THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 3:13 PM EST, 2 minutes before
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e NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SCHOLZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 75 min |
| Mar 10, 3:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 3:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 5:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
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.