Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

May 20, 1987, 11:18 AM EST (16:18 UTC)

Expired

May 20, 1987, 12:15 PM EST

In force

57 min

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clinton County, IN, Montgomery County, IN

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1118 AM EST WED MAY 20 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF

CENTRAL INDIANA...MONTGOMERY AND CLINTON.

AT 1115 AM EST...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKFORT TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CRAWFORDSVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCES DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

THIS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS AND UNDERPASSES

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

HAINES

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
905 AM WED MAY 20 1987

...FOG ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE FOG ADVISORY THAT WAS ISSUED FOR THE NORTH THIRD OF INDIANA EARLIER
THIS MORNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 9 AM EST VISIBILITIES HAVE
IMPROVED TO 1/4 MILE OR BETTER AND CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED.

THERE ARE STILL PATCHY AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITIES OF 1/8 MILE
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT WHEN DRIVING THROUGH
SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA.

MEANWHILE... AT 9 AM EST A FEW SMALL AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO
SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA BETWEEN LAFAYETTE AND GARY. A FEW OF THE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS IT SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH NORTHERN
INDIANA THIS MORNING.

KOLDITZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1015 AM EST WED MAY 20 1987

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO FIRE UP OVER CENTRAL INDIANA.

AT 1010 AM EST A THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING OVER DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS.
HOWEVER THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH
OF INDIANAPOLIS...SOUTH OF SHERIDAN AND ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF
INDIANAPOLIS...EAST OF FRANKFORT.

ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND
WILL PRODUCE DRENCHING RAINS AND CONSIDERABLE LIGHTNING.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS CROSSED INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
EAST OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE.

A NEW DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES NORTHWIEST OF INDIANPOLIS
SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE.
EDWARDS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

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.