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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1996, 5:05 PM EST for Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports 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 29, 1996, 5:05 PM EST (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1996, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Miami County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 5:08 PM EST | Hail 1.25 | Mexico, IN | |
| Jul 29, 5:15 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Peru, IN | |
| Jul 29, 5:20 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Mexico, 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
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 29, 2:49 PM EST, 2 hours 16 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 25 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, 25 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, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 39 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.