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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 15, 1988Carroll County, Howard County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1988, 6:36 PM EST for Carroll County, Howard County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 15, 1988, 6:36 PM EST (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 1988, 7:15 PM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, IN, Howard 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 15, 7:00 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Carroll, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 6:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

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.