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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 26, 1987Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1987, 7:30 PM EST for Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1987, 7:30 PM EST (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Delaware County, IN, Madison 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

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:22 PM EST, 5 hours 8 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, 4 hours 1 minute 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 36 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 32 minutes 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, 2 hours 17 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 11:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion27 min
Jul 27, 12:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion33 min
Jul 27, 12:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby26 min
Jul 27, 1:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Sullivan, Vigo29 min
Jul 27, 1:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe28 min
Jul 27, 1:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox43 min
Jul 27, 2:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Dubois, Pike35 min
Jul 27, 2:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin35 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.