Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1987, 2:31 PM EST for Clay County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1987, 2:31 PM EST (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1987, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, IN, Putnam 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
Salem-Leckrone, IL (KSLO), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 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 251931 SVRIND INC021-133-252015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 231 PM EST THU JUN 25 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN CLAY... SOUTHERN PUTMAN AT 230 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HENDRICKSON
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 25, 11:35 AM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
REDEFING STATEMENT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 262 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 1130 AM EST THU JUN 25 1987 IN INDIANA THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST AND INCLUDES MOST OF THE NORTHWEST HALF OF INDIANA. THE AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILE NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF VINCENNES. THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE INCLUDE LAKE COUNTY IN EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE..0.SOUTH BEND..FORT WAYNE...RENSSELAER... KOKOMO...LAFAYETE AND TERRE HAUTE. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 12:00 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 1202 PM EST THU JUN 25 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 500 PM EST. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE SOUTH BEND ...FORT WAYNE...RENSSELAER...KOKOMO...LAFAYETTE AND TERRE HAUTE. AT THIS TIME THE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE INDIANAPOLIS. SHORTLY BEFORE NOONTIME A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ENTERING NORTHWEST INDIANA. IN ADDITION A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FORMING IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ABOUT 35 MILES WEST AND 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THCE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 12:56 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 1255 PM EST THU JUN 25 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 500 PM EST. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE SOUTH BEND ...FORT WAYNE...RENSSELAER...KOKOMO...LAFAYETTE AND TERRE HAUTE. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. AT 1245 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO NORTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS AND BACK TO CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS. A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSHOWERS WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:35 PM EST, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 133 PM EST THU JUN 25 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 500 PM EST. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE SOUTH BEND ...FORT WAYNE...RENSSELAER...KOKOMO...LAFAYETTE AND TERRE HAUTE. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. AT 130 PM EST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF SOUTH BEND TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS AND THEN TO SOUTHWEST TOWARDS SAINT LOUIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF WILLIAMSPORT OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE LAFAYETTE AREA AROUND 200 PM EST AND REACH CRAWFORDSVILLE BY 230 PM EST. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPOING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:12 PM EST, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 210 PM EST THU JUN 25 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 500 PM EST. AT 205 PM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST TO THE WEST OF LAFAYETTE AND TO THE NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE AND ALSO 20 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE LOGANSPORT...CRAWFORDSVILLE AND TERRE HAUTE AREAS BETWEEN 230 AND 300 PM EST. OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:31 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 230 PM EST THU JUN 25 1987 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 500 PM EST. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM SOUTH BEND TO LAFAYETTE TO TERRE HAUTE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. AT 225 PM EST THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING JUST EAST OF TERRE HAUTE AND IN SOUTHWEST MONTGOMERY COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. EDWARDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 56 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.