Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1987, 6:59 PM EST for Randolph County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 26, 1987, 6:59 PM EST (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1987, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Randolph County, IN, Wayne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:03 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wayne, IN | |
| Jul 26, 7:24 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wayne, 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 1960 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 262359 SVRIND INC135-177-270030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 659 PM EST SUN JUL 26 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHERN RANDOLPH... NORTHERN WAYNE AT 655 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MUNCIE IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR MODOC AND ECONOMY BY 720 PM EST. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE NEAR OR JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND AT THIS TIME. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FRO;M THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. JEH
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, Jul 26, 2:22 PM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 220 PM EST SUN JUL 26 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9PM EST. THERE HAS BEEN NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA 25 MILES WEST AND 25 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE VICINITY OF GOODLAND...MONTICELLO...LOGANSPORT AND PERU. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREAS OF WILLIAMSPORT...LAFAYETTE ...KOKOMO AND MARION BETWEEN 230 AND 330 PM EST. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR L(OCAL LAW OFFICE. KENYON
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:29 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 328 PM EST SUN JUL 26 1987 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 320 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUSDT NORTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO JUST NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO NEAR MARION AND PORTLAND. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR ATTICA OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...ALSO 5 MILES EAST OF KOKOMO AND 5 MILES NORTH OF MARION. SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL ...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BOATERS...SWIMMERS AND PICNICERS IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER FROM THE THUNDERSSTORMS. eA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:54 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
TTAA0S KIND 262054 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 352 PM EST SUN JUL 26 1987 A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KOKOMO AT 350 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES OF WINDFALL...PHLOX...AND ELWOOD ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 900 THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO THIS SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:58 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 500 PM EST SUN JUL 26 1987 IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO LEAVENWORTH IN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS... BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD AND MADISON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:13 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 510 PM EST SUN JUL 26 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM AND FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1100 PM. ONLY THE FAR NORTHEAST AND FAR SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE STATE ARE NOT INCLUDED. AT 505 PM INDIANAPOLIS WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO RUSHVILLE AND RICHMOND. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 OR 50 MPH. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING IS THE NATIONS LEADING WEATHER RELATED KILLER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ALLSOPP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | White | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 5:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 33 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.