Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1996, 4:21 PM EST for Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 20 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
- Jan 18, 1996, 4:21 PM EST (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1996, 4:41 PM EST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cass County, MI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 4:25 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 62 | Union, MI |
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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 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 KSBN 182122 RRA SVRSBN MIC027-149-182205- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 421 PM EST THU JAN 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 505 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ...EASTERN CASS COUNTY ...ST JOSEPH COUNTY AT 415 PM...A REPORT FROM THE FAA IN ELKHART CONFIRMED A 60 KNOT WIND GUST FROM A THIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD JUST MOVED THROUGH AROUND 410 PM. THIS THIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM CALVIN CENTER...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND SOUTHWARD TO SYRACUSE INDIANA...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE IS TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF STORMS ARE...JONES... MARCELLUS...THREE RIVERS...CENTREVILLE...WHITE PIGEON AND CONSTANTINE. EXPECT SOME WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS DOF 60 MPH WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. SPRIGGS &
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, Jan 18, 3:03 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
INZ002>071-076-077-081>089-182115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 306 PM EST THU JAN 18 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 500 PM EST... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST... AT 255 PM EST A LINE OF SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM THE CHICAGO AREA TO JUST EAST OF LAFAYETTE TO THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS AND SOUTH INTO THE BEDFORD AREA. THESE SHOWERS HAVE PRODUCED OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ACROSS WESTERN INDIANA. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN 300 PM AND 400 PM EST. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THIS SHOWER AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO WESTERN INDIANA WILL ALSO CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO FALL SHARPLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 3:06 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
INZ002>071-076-077-081>089-182115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 306 PM EST THU JAN 18 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 500 PM EST... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST... AT 255 PM EST A LINE OF SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM THE CHICAGO AREA TO JUST EAST OF LAFAYETTE TO THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS AND SOUTH INTO THE BEDFORD AREA. THESE SHOWERS HAVE PRODUCED OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ACROSS WESTERN INDIANA. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN 300 PM AND 400 PM EST. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THIS SHOWER AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO WESTERN INDIANA WILL ALSO CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO FALL SHARPLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 3:20 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
INZ028>030-035>039-043>048-051>056-060>064-070-071-182130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 323 PM EST THU JAN 18 1996 ...THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS AND COLUMBUS AREAS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST. ...A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST. AT 305 PM EST A 61 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED AT THE INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT. A WIND GUST OF 51 MPH WAS ALSO REPORTED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS NEAR THE TOWN OF MARTINSVILLE. ALSO A 62 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED IN THE COLUMBUS AREA AT 315 PM EST. A FEW TREES WERE ALSO DOWNED IN THE MOORSEVILLE AREA AROUND 300 PM EST. THIS IS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS. AT 318 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS FROM NEAR LOGANSPORT THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA TO NEAR SEYMOUR. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS WAS ALSO BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. PERSONS IN CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 3:23 PM EST, 58 minutes before
INZ028>030-035>039-043>048-051>056-060>064-070-071-182130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 323 PM EST THU JAN 18 1996 ...THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS AND COLUMBUS AREAS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST. ...A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST. AT 305 PM EST A 61 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED AT THE INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT. A WIND GUST OF 51 MPH WAS ALSO REPORTED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS NEAR THE TOWN OF MARTINSVILLE. ALSO A 62 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED IN THE COLUMBUS AREA AT 315 PM EST. A FEW TREES WERE ALSO DOWNED IN THE MOORSEVILLE AREA AROUND 300 PM EST. THIS IS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS. AT 318 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS FROM NEAR LOGANSPORT THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA TO NEAR SEYMOUR. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS WAS ALSO BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. PERSONS IN CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 4:05 PM EST, 16 minutes before
INZ030-037-039-046-047-048-055-056-064-182130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 405 PM EST THU JAN 18 1996 THE HIGH WIND WARNINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED... CLINTON...BOONE...HAMILTON...HENDRICKS...MARION...HANCOCK... JOHNSON...SHELBY...AND BARTHOLEMEW. STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 4:06 PM EST, 15 minutes before
INZ030-037-039-046-047-048-055-056-064-182130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 405 PM EST THU JAN 18 1996 THE HIGH WIND WARNINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED... CLINTON...BOONE...HAMILTON...HENDRICKS...MARION...HANCOCK... JOHNSON...SHELBY...AND BARTHOLEMEW. STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. ELSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 44 min |
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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.