Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1996, 4:51 PM EST for Cass County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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 29, 1996, 4:51 PM EST (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1996, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cass County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 306 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 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 KIND 292153 SVRIND INC017-292230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 451 PM EST MON JUL 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...CASS COUNTY AT 450 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF LEASES CORNER IN CASS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF LOGANSPORT. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH TOWARDS MOUNT PLEASANT...METEA...AND HOOVERS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. KH
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 29, 2:49 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
INZ002>059-300200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 249 PM EST MON JUL 29 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST.... IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF SULLIVAN TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE KOKOMO...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE ...SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...AND TERRE HAUTE. 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. TMA
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:40 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
INZ002>059-292230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 340 PM EST MON JUL 29 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST.... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF SULLIVAN TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE KOKOMO...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE ...SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...AND TERRE HAUTE. AT 335 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WIDELY SCATTERED OVER INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL INDIANA WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENFIELD...20 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR EVANSVILLE AND NEAR SOUTH BEND. 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. TMA
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:40 PM EST, 11 minutes before
INZ002>059-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 441 PM EST MON JUL 29 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST.... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF SULLIVAN TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE KOKOMO...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE ...SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...AND TERRE HAUTE. AT 435 PM EST RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WIDELY SCATTERED OVER INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS WITHIN A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO MONTICELLO...20 MILES WEST OF LOGANSPORT. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN REPORTED WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP QUICKLY. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 59 min |
| Jul 29, 5:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 25 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.