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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 17, 1996Miami County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1996, 5:27 PM EST for Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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 17, 1996, 5:27 PM EST (22:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 1996, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Miami County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 17, 5:45 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Amboy, 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 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 17, 12:13 PM EST, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:50 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
353 PM EST WED JUL 17 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND NORTHWEST
INDIANA HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN
INDIANA...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR MOST
OF NORTHERN INDIANA.

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THESE WILL MOVE
THROUGH NORTHERN INDIANA THIS EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF
THE STATE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER IN CENTRAL
INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WAS ONE REPORT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND
STRONG WINDS NEAR WILLIAMS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 245 PM.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS
EVENING. WHILE THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL 6HAIL...BRIEF INTENSE
RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS THESE STORMS SHOULD NOT BE SEVERE.

HAINES

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 4:02 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
403 PM EST WED JUL 17 1996

...TORNADO WATCH NORTH HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ROUGHLY THE NORTH HALF OF
INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST.  THE TORNADO WATCH IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LAFAYETTE TO MUNCIE LINE. CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH
INCLUDE GARY...SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO...MUNCIE
AND ANDERSON.  INDIANAPOLIS IS NEAR THE TORNADO WATCH.

AT 350 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA
FROM LAFAYETTE TO GARY.  OTHER STORMS WERE IN CENTRAL INDIANA IN THE
INDY METRO AREA. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON...SEYMOUR AND COLUMBUS.  ALL STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH.

REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER PLANS NOW. BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE
PLACE IN THE INTERIOR OF YOUR BUILDING. BOATERS OR OTHERS OUTDOORS
BE PREPARE~D TO MOVE INDOORS BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.

DT

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 4:45 PM EST, 42 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
445 PM EST WED JUL 17 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 1000
PM EST...

AT 430 PM EST STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 MPH WINDS ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS NEAR THE TOWN
OF THORNTOWN IN NORTHWEST BOONE COUNTY.

AT 440 PM EST RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVE,D TO
NEAR FRANKFORT.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND
SHOULD REACH THE TOWN OF KOKOMO SHORTLY 500 PM EST.

JEH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 10:57 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clinton, Howard, Tipton	4 hr
Jul 17, 4:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard	51 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.