Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1996, 3:29 PM EST for Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1996, 3:29 PM EST (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1996, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 022029 SVRIND INC133-022100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 329 PM EST TUE JUL 2 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...PUTNAM COUNTY AT 323 PM EST...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WEST CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY...45 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE GREENCASTLE AND CLOVERDALE. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED WITH THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. b CONLEY &
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, Jul 2, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
INZ001>092-022030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 225 PM EST TUES JUL 2 1996 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THAT PART OF INDIANA BETWEEN LAFAYETTE AND TERRE H6AUTE THROUGH 4 PM EST. THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. LISTEN TO LOCAL TV AND RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. CONLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:40 PM EST, 49 minutes before
INZ001>092-030200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 240 PM EST TUE JUL 2 1996 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...TO MARION...TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORTLAND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... RICHMOND...BLOOMINGON...COLUMBUS...EVANSVILLE...NEW ALBANY...AND MADISON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. r ELSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Vigo | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 1:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 2:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 2:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 2:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 3:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 3:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 4:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 4:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 4:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.