Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1987
186 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1987. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 186
- Busiest month
- July73 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- July 27, 198714 severe thunderstorm warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Posey, Vanderburgh | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warrick | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 5:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 41 min |
| Mar 24, 11:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 55 min |
| Apr 11, 5:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 38 min |
| Apr 11, 6:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Whitley | 30 min |
| May 14, 3:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble, Whitley | 28 min |
| May 14, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash | 31 min |
| May 14, 7:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 30 min |
| May 14, 7:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 30 min |
| May 14, 7:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Switzerland | 45 min |
| May 19, 3:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 35 min |
| May 20, 11:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Montgomery | 57 min |
| May 20, 12:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 35 min |
| May 20, 1:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 52 min |
| May 20, 2:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe, Owen | 47 min |
| May 20, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 35 min |
| May 21, 1:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph, Wayne | 49 min |
| May 21, 1:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Wells | 59 min |
| May 21, 2:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 50 min |
| May 25, 6:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ripley | 46 min |
| May 29, 4:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 48 min |
| May 29, 7:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 28 min |
| May 29, 7:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 33 min |
| May 30, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Madison | 48 min |
| May 30, 3:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 59 min |
| May 30, 3:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall, Saint Joseph | 47 min |
| May 30, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 38 min |
| May 30, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 30, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Whitley | 37 min |
| May 30, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Noble | 36 min |
| May 30, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Whitley | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 1:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 2:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 12:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 1:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 1:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 2:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 2:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 3:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Whitley | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 5:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 6:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 6:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 7:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 19 min |
| Jun 2, 9:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 10:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 10:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 11:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 76 min |
| Jun 12, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 8:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 10:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 3:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 4:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 4:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 5:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 5:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 5:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 5:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison, Tipton | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 3:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 3:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 4:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 4:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 5:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vermillion | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 4:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pike | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 8:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 22 min |
| Jun 22, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 6:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vanderburgh | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 10:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pike, Warrick | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 1:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 56 min |
| Jun 25, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Putnam | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 2:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton, Jasper | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 3:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton, Warren | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, White | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 4:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 5:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington | 21 min |
| Jun 29, 5:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 22 min |
| Jun 29, 6:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 6:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 24 min |
| Jun 29, 6:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 7:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Wayne | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 4:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vanderburgh, Warrick | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Dubois, Perry, Spencer | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 4:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Dubois | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 5:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 5:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 5:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd, Washington | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 6:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 2:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 3:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pike, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 3:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Dubois | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 54 min |
| Jul 6, 4:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Jefferson, Scott | 55 min |
| Jul 6, 5:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 6:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | White | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 7:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pulaski | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 7:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton, White | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 7:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 7:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 10:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 11:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 11:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 12:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Wayne | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 6:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 9:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 9:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 3:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 4:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 4:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 5:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 2:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | White | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 3:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 3:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Jay | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 5:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 6:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ripley | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 6:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph, Wayne | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 7:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 23 min |
| Jul 26, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 7:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 18 min |
| Jul 27, 11:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 12:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 12:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 26 min |
| Jul 27, 1:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 1:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 28 min |
| Jul 27, 1:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 1:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ripley | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Dubois, Pike | 35 min |
| Jul 27, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 35 min |
| Jul 27, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Scott, Washington | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 2:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 33 min |
| Jul 29, 2:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange | 39 min |
| Jul 29, 3:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 48 min |
| Jul 29, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble, Whitley | 67 min |
| Jul 29, 4:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 55 min |
| Jul 29, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash, Whitley | 46 min |
| Jul 29, 5:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 56 min |
| Jul 29, 5:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 43 min |
| Jul 29, 6:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash | 42 min |
| Jul 29, 6:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 7:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 7:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pulaski | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 8:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Noble | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 5:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb, Noble | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Whitley | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 8:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 8:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 8:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 9:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 9:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wells | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 10:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 3:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Posey | 48 min |
| Aug 15, 12:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph, Starke | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 11:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 12:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph, Starke | 38 min |
| Aug 21, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 35 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Huntington County8
- Whitley County8
- Hendricks County8
- Madison County7
- Saint Joseph County7
- Tippecanoe County7
- Harrison County6
- Warren County6
- Wabash County6
- Montgomery County6
- Parke County6
- Monroe County6
- Vanderburgh County5
- Warrick County5
- Floyd County5
- Noble County5
- Putnam County5
- Vermillion County5
- Wayne County5
- Allen County5
- DeKalb County5
- Elkhart County5
- Washington County5
- Clay County5
- Fountain County4
- Henry County4
- Boone County4
- Delaware County4
- Marion County4
- Pike County4
- Benton County4
- White County4
- Dubois County4
- Jefferson County3
- Clinton County3
- Randolph County3
- Wells County3
- Dearborn County3
- Ripley County3
- Shelby County3
43 more counties
- Decatur County3
- Brown County3
- Bartholomew County3
- Kosciusko County3
- Jackson County3
- Vigo County3
- Knox County3
- LaPorte County3
- Jay County3
- Clark County3
- Scott County3
- Johnson County3
- Grant County3
- Posey County2
- Spencer County2
- Owen County2
- Hamilton County2
- Orange County2
- Gibson County2
- Jasper County2
- Cass County2
- Daviess County2
- Martin County2
- Lawrence County2
- Pulaski County2
- Carroll County2
- Starke County2
- Switzerland County1
- Hancock County1
- Marshall County1
- Lake County1
- Franklin County1
- Tipton County1
- Perry County1
- Greene County1
- Rush County1
- Miami County1
- Jennings County1
- Blackford County1
- Sullivan County1
- LaGrange County1
- Morgan County1
- Adams County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.