Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1988, 10:38 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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
- Apr 5, 1988, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1988, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County LaPorte 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 10:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | La Porte, 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Apr 5, 8:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 830 PM EST TUE APR 5 1988 AT 825 PM EST...THERE WERE NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES VALID OVER THE STATE OF INDIANA. HOWEVER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF ILLINOIS TIL 100 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING OVER PARTS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS BETWEEN 815 PM AND 830 PM EST THIS EVENING. THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELYB MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA LATER TONIGHT. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 9:51 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 950 PM EST TUE APR 5 1988 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO RUSHVILLE...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM RUSHVILLE IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA TO ANGOLA IN EXTREME NORTHEAST INDIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING WEST OF INDIANA THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. AT 945 PM EST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD JUST ENTERED THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF INDIANA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PRICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 36 min |
Nearby
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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.