Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1987, 9:03 PM EST for Fountain County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1987, 9:03 PM EST (02:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1987, 9:35 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fountain County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 4272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 KIND 030208 SVRIND INC045-171-030235- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 903 PM EST SUN AUG 2 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 935 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN FOUNTAIN... SOUTHERN WARREN AT 900 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NO(T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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, Aug 2, 6:06 PM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 605 PM EST SUN AUG 2 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST INDIANA COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN NOBLE...SOUTHERN DEKALB AND NORTHERN ALLEN UNTIL 615 PM EST AND WHITLEY AND SOUTHERN ALLEN UNTIL 700 PM EST. SOME INDIANA CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... FORT WAYNE...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO...MARION...MUNCIE... ANDERSON...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS AND RICHMOND. AT 550 PM EST...A LINE OF INTENSE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA FROM JUST NORTH OF FORT WAYNE THROUGH ROCHESTER TO RENNSELAER. THE SEVERE STORMS WERE NEAR FORT WAYNE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DS
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 7:01 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 700 PM EST SUN AUG 2 1987 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR WHITLEY AND SOUTHERN ALLEN IN NORTHEAST INDIANA ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 645 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT INDIANAPOLIS SHOWED A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA. THE LINE WAS FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE WEST TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...NEAR KENTLAND. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES NORTH OF LOGANSPORT...NEAR ROCHESTER 30 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE...NEAR MONON AND 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...NEAR KENTLAND AND GOODLAND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SWIMMERS AND BOATERS ON LAKE SHAFER IN WHITE COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SAFETY BEFORE THE STORMS APPROACH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA. SOME INDIANA CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... FORT WAYNE...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO...MARION.Z..MUNCIE... ANDERSON...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS AND RICHMOND. GERY
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 7:31 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 730 PM EST SUN AUG 2 1987 AT 725 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT INDIANAPOLIS SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA. THE LINE WAS FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR EARL PARK THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR EARL PARK IN BENTON COUNTY ...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. AT 720 PM EST THE INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR EARL PARK IN BENTON COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE NEAR THE TOWNS OF REMINGTON AND REYNOLDS.. AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOGANSPORT... NEAR TWELVE MILE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SWIMMERS AND BOATERS ON LAKE SHAFER IN WHITE COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SAFETY NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST INDIANA COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN NOBLE...SOUTHERN DEKALB AND NORTHERN ALLEN UNTIL 615 PM EST AND WHITLEY AND SOUTHERN ALLEN UNTIL 700 PM EST. SOME INDIANA CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... FORT WAYNE...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO...MARION...MUNCIE... ANDERSON...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS AND RICHMOND. GERY
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 7:36 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 734 PM EST SUN AUG 2 1987 AT 725 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT INDIANAPOLIS SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA. THE LINE WAS FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR EARL PARK THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR EARL PARK IN BENTON COUNTY ...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. AT 720 PM EST THE INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR EARL PARK IN BENTON COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE NEAR THE TOWNS OF REMINGTON AND REYNOLDS.. AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOGANSPORT... NEAR TWELVE MILE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SWIMMERS AND BOATERS ON LAKE SHAFER IN WHITE COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SAFETY NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA. SOME INDIANA CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... FORT WAYNE...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO...MARION...MUNCIE... ANDERSON...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS AND RICHMOND. GERY CORRECTION TO 8TH PAR.
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 7:44 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 745 PM EST SUN AUG 2 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1100 PM EST. THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...EAST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO RICHMOND. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT OVER THAT PART OF NORTHERN INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE IS NO LONGER IN THE WATCH. DS
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 8:00 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 800 PM EST SUN AUG 2 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1100 PM EST. THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...EAST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO RICHMOND. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT OVER THAT PART OF NORTHERN INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE IS NO LONGER IN THE WATCH. AT 745 PM EST RADAR SHOW A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF LOGANSPORT...NORTH OF PERU TO 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE...NEAR BOSWELL SOUTHWEST BENTON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR BOSWELL IN BENTON COUNTY AND 20 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE NEAR CHALMERS IN SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES WEST OF LOGANSPORT..10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTICELLO. ALL TO THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SWIMMERS AND BOATERS ON LAKE FREEMAN AND LAKE SHAFER IN WHITE COUNTY SHOULD BE IN SHELTER AS THE STORMS APPROACH. GERY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 8:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 8:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 3:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Posey | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.