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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 24, 1996Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1996, 3:23 PM EST for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1996, 3:23 PM EST (20:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1996, 4:15 PM EST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1996-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 129 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1996-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 242022
SVRIND
INC017-157-242115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
323 PM EST WED JUL 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...CASS COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...TIPPECANOE COUNTY
 
AT 315 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF
LAFAYETTE BETWEEN ROUNDGROVE AND MONTICELLO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE LAFAYETTE AREA BY 330 PM AND
THE CAMDEN AREA BY 340 PM EST. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE
STORMS.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE I|NTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
TUCEK

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 24, 1:14 PM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
INZ002>034-038-242000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
112 PM EST WED JUL 24 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN INDIANA
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8 PM EST.  THE WATCH IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
A LINE FROM THE SOUTH LAFAYETTE AREA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE.
CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE GARY...SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...
LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO AND MARION.

IF YOU ARE IN NORTHERN INDIANA OR PLAN TO TRAVEL TO NORTHERN INDIANA
THIS AFTERNOON...BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED
WHICH CAUSE VISIBILITY AND POSSIBLE TRACTION PROBLEMS FOR DRIVERS.
NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW THUNDERSTORM SAFETY PLANS. STORM SPOTTER
ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED.

DRT
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:15 PM EST, 8 minutes before
INZ002>034-038-242300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
316 PM EST WED JUL 24 1996

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE
NORTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST...

AT 310 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS THEN EASTWARD TO NORTHEAST INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS
EXTENDED FROM WARSAW TO JUST NORTH OF LOGANSPORT TO NEAR MONTICELLO
AND FOWLER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 TO 40
MILES PER HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...VERY STRONG WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AS WELL AS
DANGEROUSLY LIGHTNING.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF SEVERE
WEATHER APPROACHES.

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

RPG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 3:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass52 min
Jul 24, 3:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll40 min
Jul 24, 5:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.