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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 2, 1996Parke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1996, 4:16 PM EST for Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 1996, 4:16 PM EST (21:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 1996, 4:45 PM EST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Parke County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 2, 4:25 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Rockville, IN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 022115
SVRIND
INC121-022145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
416 PM EST TUE JUL 2 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...PARKE COUNTY
 
AT 415 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE
HAUTE...BETWEEN CLINTON AND ROCKVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE ROSEDALE...BRIDGETON AND
DIAMOND.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T 8USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
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 51 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, 1 hour 36 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

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:30 PM EST, 46 minutes before

INZ051-022100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
330 PM EST TUE JUL 2 1996

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR VIGO COUNTY EXPIRED AT 330 PM EST.
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO
1.8 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR MAY HAVE FALLEN FROM 230 PM TO 330 PM.

PERSONS IN TERRE HAUTE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER. DO NOT
CROSS FLOODED ROADS. THIS HIGH WATER WILL REMAIN THROUGHn THE AFTERNOON
RUSH HOUR. AVOID ROUTES THAT FLOOD EASILY.
HAINES

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, 3:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Putnam	31 min
Jul 2, 4:03 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Putnam	42 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

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.