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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 12, 1987Johnson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1987, 9:20 PM EST for Johnson County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1987, 9:20 PM EST (02:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1987, 9:45 PM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Johnson County, IN

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:03 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:20 PM EST, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
615 PM EST SUN JUL 12 1987

AT 610 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE
AREA AROUND LOGANSPORT IN CASS COUNTY.

AT 612 PM EST THE INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED WIND SPEEDS OF 40
MILES AN HOUR AT LOGANSPORT.

THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST TOWARD THE CITY OF PERU ALONG
US 24.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR ROCHESTER..20 MILES NORTH OF
LOGANSPORT AND 10 MILES NORTH OF KOKOMO.

THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN
INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

GERY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 9:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson32 min
Jul 12, 9:50 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHancock2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.