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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 1987, 6:18 PM CDT for Newton County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1987, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:22 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Newton, 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
Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 062317 TORIND INC111-070000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION AND IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 618 PM EST MON JUL 6 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHWEST INDIANA... NEWTON AT 610 PM EST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED JUST EAST OF MOROCCO EAST OF SR 14.....OR 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD MT AYR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU ARE IN A HOUSE OR SMALL BUILDING...GO TO THE BASEMENT OR INTERIOR PART OF THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM EXTERIOR WALLS AND WINDOWS. GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING DEBRIS. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 5:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Owen, Putnam | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pike, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 3:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Greene | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Dubois | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | White | 34 min |
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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.