Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 29, 1987Elkhart County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1987, 5:32 PM EST for Elkhart County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 29, 1987, 5:32 PM EST (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1987, 6:15 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Elkhart 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 29, 6:00 PM ESTHail 0.75Elkhart, 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 text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 2:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart33 min
Jul 29, 3:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart48 min
Jul 29, 4:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko55 min
Jul 29, 5:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko56 min
Jul 28, 8:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion40 min
Jul 28, 7:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGallatin, White45 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.