Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1996, 10:31 PM EST for Clinton County, Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 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, 10:31 PM EST (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1996, 11:15 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clinton County, IN, Howard County, IN, Tipton County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 10:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossville, 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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 2041 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
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, 4:45 PM EST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
INZ021>023-028>031-035>042-172300- 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
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:59 PM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
INZ001>034-038-040-041-180000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 600 PM EST WED JUL 17 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO MUNCIE TO PORTLAND. CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE GARY...SOUTH BEND... FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO...MUNCIE AND ANDERSON. AT 555 PM EST RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF LAKE MICHIGAN TO ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF KOKOMO. THERE WERE ALSO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA JUST TO THE SOUTH OF RICHMOND. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. 0JEH
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 7:18 PM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
INZ001>034-038-040-041-180230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 716 PM EST WED JUL 17 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO MUNCIE TO PORTLAND. CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE GARY...SOUTH BEND... FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO...MUNCIE AND ANDERSON. AT 710 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CARROLL AND SOUTHERN CASS COUNTIES. SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THUNDERSTORM. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM THE LOGANSPORT AREA TO MONTICELLO. MEANWHILE MOST OF THE OTHER STORMS WERE OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF CHICAGO AND ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. JEH
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 9:04 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
INZ001>005-008>050-054>059-066-180800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 905 PM EST WED JUL 17 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 300 AM EST. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CLINTON TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE STEUBEN AND LAGRANGE COUNTIES OF EXTREME NORTHEAST INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE... SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...KOKXOMO...MUNCIE...ANDERSON... INDIANAPOLIS AND RUSHVILLE. JEH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 8:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Cass, Howard | 63 min |
| Jul 17, 8:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 63 min |
| Jul 17, 9:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison, Tipton | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.