Weather alerts in Indiana, 1988
146 weather alerts in 1988, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 146
- Warnings
- 146
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- August29 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 3, 198816 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| 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, 12:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 47 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, 1:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 36 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 |
| Apr 3, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 2:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 2:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 9:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 10:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 11:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 11:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Newton | 34 min |
| May 8, 8:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Benton | 24 min |
| May 9, 11:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 35 min |
| May 9, 11:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 35 min |
| May 9, 12:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 30 min |
| May 9, 12:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 36 min |
| May 9, 12:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 28 min |
| May 9, 12:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 41 min |
| May 9, 12:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 43 min |
| May 13, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 66 min |
| May 13, 4:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 55 min |
| May 13, 4:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ripley | 64 min |
| May 15, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall, Starke | 20 min |
| May 15, 4:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 31 min |
| May 15, 5:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Noble | 33 min |
| May 15, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Steuben | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 9:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 1:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 5:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 3:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 4:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 5:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 5:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 6:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 6:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 7:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 7:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 7:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 20 min |
| Jul 15, 8:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Whitley | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 8:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 8:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 8:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 9:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant, Wells | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 5:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fulton, Pulaski | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 6:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 3:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison, Scott, Washington | 62 min |
| Jul 20, 3:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 62 min |
| Jul 30, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Whitley | 42 min |
| Jul 31, 6:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Dubois, Pike | 64 min |
| Jul 31, 6:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 69 min |
| Jul 31, 7:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Posey, Vanderburgh | 67 min |
| Aug 5, 2:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 2:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 2:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 3:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington | 59 min |
| Aug 6, 2:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 4:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 2:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Steuben | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 2:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble | 59 min |
| Aug 15, 8:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Noble | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Jay, Wells | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 6:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Howard | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 7:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 7:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 7:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 8:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 8:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 25 min |
| Aug 18, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | White | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 5:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 5:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte, Starke | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 5:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 6:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | White | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 6:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton, Warren | 35 min |
| Sep 3, 5:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake | 54 min |
| Sep 12, 2:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Marion | 25 min |
| Sep 12, 2:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton | 40 min |
| Sep 12, 3:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 35 min |
| Sep 19, 6:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte, Starke | 35 min |
| Sep 19, 6:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 31 min |
| Sep 19, 7:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 28 min |
| Sep 19, 7:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 36 min |
| Sep 19, 7:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble, Whitley | 29 min |
| Sep 19, 7:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash | 29 min |
| Sep 19, 7:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall | 28 min |
| Sep 19, 7:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 31 min |
| Sep 19, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 28 min |
| Sep 19, 8:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Steuben | 48 min |
| Sep 19, 8:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb | 28 min |
| Sep 19, 8:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 32 min |
| Sep 19, 8:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 32 min |
| Sep 19, 8:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington | 31 min |
| Oct 16, 6:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 53 min |
| Oct 16, 6:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 44 min |
| Oct 16, 7:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Elkhart | 31 min |
| Oct 16, 7:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble | 43 min |
| Oct 16, 7:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Noble | 39 min |
| Oct 16, 7:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 44 min |
| Oct 17, 2:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 53 min |
| Oct 17, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 21 min |
| Oct 17, 3:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 48 min |
| Oct 17, 3:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 59 min |
| Oct 17, 4:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 47 min |
| Oct 17, 7:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 119 min |
| Oct 17, 7:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | LaPorte | 119 min |
| Oct 17, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 28 min |
| Oct 17, 9:21 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 2 hr |
| Oct 17, 9:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke | 23 min |
| Oct 17, 10:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 45 min |
| Oct 17, 10:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Wells | 46 min |
| Oct 17, 10:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 52 min |
| Oct 18, 12:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union | 27 min |
| Nov 10, 1:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Putnam | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 2:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 37 min |
| Nov 10, 2:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 34 min |
| Nov 10, 2:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 18 min |
| Nov 16, 1:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake, Porter | 55 min |
| Nov 16, 2:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 42 min |
| Nov 16, 2:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 42 min |
| Nov 16, 2:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 64 min |
| Nov 16, 2:29 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 31 min |
| Nov 16, 3:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Starke | 45 min |
| Nov 16, 3:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 46 min |
| Nov 16, 3:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall | 40 min |
| Nov 16, 3:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 44 min |
| Nov 16, 4:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash | 21 min |
| Nov 16, 4:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Whitley | 31 min |
| Nov 16, 4:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble | 25 min |
| Nov 16, 5:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Whitley | 27 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 134 |
| Tornado Warning | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Elkhart County14
- Allen County13
- LaPorte County10
- Noble County8
- Saint Joseph County7
- Wells County7
- Adams County6
- Starke County5
- LaGrange County5
- Parke County5
- Vermillion County5
- Kosciusko County5
- Whitley County5
- Huntington County5
- Montgomery County4
- Tippecanoe County4
- Cass County4
- Hancock County4
- Steuben County4
- Clinton County3
- White County3
- Lake County3
- Marshall County3
- Vigo County3
- Blackford County3
- Putnam County3
- Wabash County3
- Marion County3
- Fountain County3
- Shelby County2
- Hendricks County2
- Rush County2
- Benton County2
- Jay County2
- Franklin County2
- Scott County2
- Clay County2
- Sullivan County2
- Greene County2
- Gibson County2
31 more counties
- Vanderburgh County2
- Grant County2
- Carroll County2
- Warren County2
- DeKalb County2
- Boone County1
- Jackson County1
- Jennings County1
- Newton County1
- Delaware County1
- Decatur County1
- Jefferson County1
- Ripley County1
- Warrick County1
- Fulton County1
- Pulaski County1
- Harrison County1
- Washington County1
- Clark County1
- Daviess County1
- Dubois County1
- Pike County1
- Knox County1
- Posey County1
- Howard County1
- Miami County1
- Hamilton County1
- Madison County1
- Morgan County1
- Union County1
- Porter County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.