Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1996, 1:36 PM EST for Shelby 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
- Aug 15, 1996, 1:36 PM EST (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 1996, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 922 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 151837 SVRIND INC145-151915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 136 PM EST THU AUG 15 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...SHELBY COUNTY AT 135 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF SHELBYVILLE NEAR BOGGSTOWN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH SHELBYVILLE BY 150 PM EST. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. 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. 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, Aug 15, 12:47 PM EST, 49 minutes before
INZ042-049-050-057>059-065-066-073>075-080-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1243 PM EST THU AUG 15 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 7PM EST... IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF THE STATE EAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF NEW CASTLE TO 10 MILES WEST OF GREENSBURG. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WAT4CH ARE NEW CASTLE...RUSHVILLE... RICHMOND...LAWRENCEBURG AND CONNERSVILLE. CT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 5:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.