Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1988, 1:09 PM EST for Hancock County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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 3, 1988, 1:09 PM EST (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1988, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, IN, Shelby 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 3, 1:13 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hancock, 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 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 510 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
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 3, 9:54 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 953 AM EST SUN APR 3 1988 AT 945 PM RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST HAMILTON COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON. STATE POLICE AND HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THIS STORM BETWEEN 930 AND 945. THERE WERE ALSO SOME POWER OUTAGES IN HAMILTON COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH ELWOOD A LITTLE AFTER 10 AM AND REACH MARION AROUND 1030 TO 1045. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 12:11 PM EST, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 1210 PM EST SUN APR 3 1988 AT 1205 PM EST VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 12:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 12:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 12:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Starke | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 12:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 12:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 12:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, White | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 1:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 1:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 1:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 1:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 1:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 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.