Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1987, 5:00 PM EST for Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1987, 5:00 PM EST (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1987, 5:35 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 022200 SVRIND INC107-022235- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 500 PM EST TUE JUN 2 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 535 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...MONTGOMERY AT 455 PM EST...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS DAMAGE IN PERRYSVILLE IN NORTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCES DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAnY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND UNDERPASSES. EDWARDS
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, Jun 2, 1:00 PM EST, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 100 PM EST TUE JUN 2 1987 GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN DEMOTTE...OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF GARY...BY THE DEMOTTE TOWN MARSHALL AT 1250 PM EST. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MPH AND WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF WHEATFIELD BY 115 PM. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORM. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. . DS
Local storm report, Jun 2, 1:22 PM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1121 PM EST TUE JUN 2 1987
1251 PM EST JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
IN DEMOTTE.= DEMOTTE IS ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS.
WVELocal storm report, Jun 2, 1:26 PM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1125 PM EST TUE JUN 2 1987
122 PM EST TIPPECANOE COUNTY...MARBLE SIZE HAIL 3 MILES WEST OF
WEST LAFAYAETTE AND SR 26. REPORTED BY INDIANA STATE
POLICE.
WVESpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 4:32 PM EST, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 430 PM EST TUE JUN 2 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER THE NORTH HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AT 420 PM EST. OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...STORMS WERE ALONG INTERSTATE 74 FROM WEST OF THE STATE LINE TO 10 MILES EAST OF VEEDERSBURG. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS LIKELY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES FOR MOTORISTS. PERSONS IN NORTHERN VERMILLION AND SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANWA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 430PM AND 515 PM EST. EDWARDS
Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:40 PM EST, 20 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
440 PM EST TUE JUN 2 1987
350 PM EST CLINTON COUNTY...2 NORTH MULBERRY...GUST-NADO INDICATED
IN WHEAT CROP...REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO.
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DSLocal storm report, Jun 2, 4:49 PM EST, 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
450 PM EST TUE JUN 2 1987
445 PM EST TIPPECANOE COUNTY...ODELL...SMALL TREES DOWN...REPORTED
BY STATE POLICE AND RELAYED BY STATE POLICE.e
DSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 1:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 1:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 2:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 2:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 5:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 6:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Marion | 25 min |
| Jun 2, 6:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 6:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.