Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1996, 4:20 PM EST for Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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, 4:20 PM EST (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1996, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Miami County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:40 PM EST | Hail 1.25 | Peru, 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 227 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 022119 SVRIND INC103-022145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 420 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 NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...MIAMI COUNTY AT 420 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES NORTH OF KOKOMO NEAR THE TOWN OF DENVER. THE TOWNS OF CHILI AND MEXICO ARE IN THE PATH OF 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 OXN THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. HAINES
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 55 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 40 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, 50 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, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 29 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.