Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 1987
17 tornado 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 17
- Busiest month
- May10 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 25, 19876 tornado 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 9:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Perry, Spencer | 38 min |
| May 21, 12:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Wayne | 29 min |
| May 24, 7:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 3 hr |
| May 24, 9:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 66 min |
| May 25, 5:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 35 min |
| May 25, 5:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 32 min |
| May 25, 6:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Shelby | 41 min |
| May 25, 6:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Rush | 41 min |
| May 25, 7:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 29 min |
| May 30, 4:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Rush | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 6:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Marion | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 5:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 4:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 6:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 6:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Newton | 42 min |
| Jul 15, 3:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 5:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Cass | 32 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County2
- Rush County2
- Marion County2
- Hendricks County2
- Perry County1
- Spencer County1
- Wayne County1
- Harrison County1
- Clark County1
- Floyd County1
- Jackson County1
- Jennings County1
- Bartholomew County1
- Decatur County1
- Hancock County1
- Howard County1
- Newton County1
- Parke County1
- Vermillion County1
- Carroll County1
- Cass County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19861988
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.