Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1988
134 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1988. 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 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 134
- Busiest month
- August29 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- April 3, 198815 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 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 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 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, 7:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble | 43 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, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 28 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, 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 county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allen County12
- Elkhart County12
- LaPorte County9
- Wells County7
- Noble County7
- Saint Joseph County6
- Adams County6
- Starke County5
- Kosciusko County5
- Whitley County5
- Huntington County5
- Montgomery County4
- Tippecanoe County4
- Cass County4
- Hancock County4
- LaGrange County4
- Steuben County4
- Parke County4
- Vermillion County4
- Clinton County3
- White County3
- Lake County3
- Marshall County3
- Vigo County3
- Blackford County3
- Putnam County3
- Wabash County3
- Shelby County2
- Hendricks County2
- Rush County2
- Jay County2
- Franklin County2
- Scott County2
- Clay County2
- Sullivan County2
- Greene County2
- Gibson County2
- Vanderburgh County2
- Grant County2
- Carroll County2
27 more counties
- DeKalb County2
- Fountain County2
- Marion County2
- Boone 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
- Benton County1
- Warren County1
- Morgan County1
- Union County1
- Porter 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.