Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1996, 5:40 PM EST for Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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, 5:40 PM EST (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1996, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jennings County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 5:45 PM EST | Hail 1.25 | Hayden, IN | |
| Jul 2, 6:00 PM EST | Hail 1.5 | Lovett, 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 385 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1326 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 3 hours 15 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, 3 hours 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, 2 hours 10 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
Local storm report, Jul 2, 5:39 PM EST, 1 minute before
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</html>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, 4:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 4:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown | 44 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.