Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1987, 1:44 PM CDT for Clay County, Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 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
- Jul 6, 1987, 1:44 PM CDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1987, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, IL, Wayne County, IL
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wayne, IL |
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
Salem-Leckrone, IL (KSLO), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 2811 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 061844 SVREVV ILC191-025-061930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 144 PM CDT MON JUL 6 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...WAYNE AND CLAY AT 140 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST ALONG I-64 WITH HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORECED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING.
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, Jul 6, 12:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 1215 PM EST MON JUL 6 1987 ...THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 500 PM EST... THE WATCH IS SOUT OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AT 1205 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA FROM AROUND WESTPHALIA...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...TO JUST WEST OF BEDFORD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST. THE STORMS WERE SOME OF THE AREA THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINFWALL IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THAT COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 1215 PM EST MON JUL 6 1987 ...THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 500 PM EST... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AT 1205 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA FROM AROUND WESTPHALIA...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...TO JUST WEST OF BEDFORD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST. THE STORMS WERE OVER SOME OF THE AREA THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. H]EAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THAT COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:21 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 120 PM EST MON JUL 6 1987 ...THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 500 PM EST... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AT 115 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA FROM AROUND THE ILLINOIS STATE LINE NEAR WESTPHALIA...TO 10 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD NEAR NEWBERRY AND ODON. STORMS WERE OVER SOME OF THE AREA THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. KENYON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edwards, Richland | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Wabash | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 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.