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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1987, 6:35 PM EST for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 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
- Jun 2, 1987, 6:35 PM EST (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1987, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Madison, 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 022336
SVRIND
INC095-030015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
635 PM EST TUE JUN 2 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
CENTRAL INDIANA... MADISON
AT 635 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 25 MILES NORTH OF
INDIANAPOLIS OR 10 WEST OF ANDERSON.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
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 NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
GERYWhat 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, 4:32 PM EST, 2 hours 3 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, 1 hour 55 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.
^
DSLocal storm report, Jun 2, 4:49 PM EST, 1 hour 46 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
DSLocal storm report, Jun 2, 5:04 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
502 PM EST TUE JUN 2 1987
455 PM EST NUMEROUS TREES SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY. NEAR KINGMAN
BY FOUNTAIN COUNTY SHERIFF
GERYLocal storm report, Jun 2, 5:25 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
526 PM EST TUE JUN 2 1987
522 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT COLFAX
IN SOUTHEAST TIPPECANOE COUNTY.
DSSpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 5:45 PM EST, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 545 PM EST TUE JUN 2 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST... ...A TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA... AT 545PM EST THERE WERE NO WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR INDIANA. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WEST CENTRAL INDIANA EAST TO NEAR RICHMOND IN EASTERN INDIANA. EP
The 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, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 35 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.