Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1987, 10:12 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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, 10:12 PM EST (03:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1987, 10:45 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bartholomew 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, 10:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Bartholomew, IN | |
| Jun 2, 10:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Bartholomew, 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 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 2296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 030313
SVRIND
INC005-030345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1012 PM EST TUE JUN 2 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... BARTHOLOMEW
AT 1009 PM EST THE INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED TREES DOWN AT PIKE'S
PEAK AND STONE HEAD IN BROWN COUNTY...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
COLUMBUS.
RADAR SHOWED THE STORM MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS WARNING INCLUDED THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
THESE STORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE A SMALL TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO
ADVANCE WARNING.
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
Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:40 PM EST, 5 hours 32 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, 5 hours 23 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, 5 hours 8 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, 4 hours 47 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, 4 hours 27 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
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:15 PM EST, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 915 PM EST TUE JUN 2 1987 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR INDIANA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY AND FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA... RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW NUMaEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 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, 7:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 19 min |
| Jun 2, 8:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 9:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 10:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 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.