Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 17, 1996, 7:28 PM EST for Fountain County, Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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
- Oct 17, 1996, 7:28 PM EST (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 1996, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 7:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport, IN | |
| Oct 17, 7:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville, 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -122 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, Oct 17, 3:39 PM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
INZ002>089-180230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 340 PM EST THU OCT 17 1996 ...THERE WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND MUCH COOLER AIR TOMORROW... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER WEST INDIANA EARLY THIS EVENING. SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER EAST INDIANA LATER IN THE EVENING. STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER EAST INDIANA. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH OUR STATE THIS EVENING. VERY MILD SOUTH WINDS WILL CHANGE TO COOLER WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COOLER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE STATE TOMORROW. TOMORROWS TEMPERATURES WILL BE 20 TO 30 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAYS...IN THE MIDDLE B40S TO AROUND 50 DEGREES OVER NORTH INDIANA AND IN THE 50S OVER THE SOUTH. FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF INDIANA TOMORROW NIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. DS
Special weather statement, Oct 17, 6:06 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
INZ019-021-028-029-030-031-032-033-034-035-036-037-038-039-040- 041-042-043-044-045-046-047-048-049-051-052-053-054-055-056-057- 060-061-062-063-064-065-067-068-069-070-071-076-077-081-082-083- 084-085-086-087-088-089-171800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 605 AM EST (705 AM EDT) THU OCT 17 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1 AM EST FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE AND NORTHWEST OF LINE FROM RICHMOND TO LOUISVILLE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON... TERRE HAUTE...COLUMBUS...EVANSVILLE...LAFAYETTE AND KOKOMO. AT 6 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...STRETCHED FROM CHICAGO TO NEAR ST. LOUIS AND WERE MOVING EAST. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS INDIANA THROUGH 1 AM EST. CONLEY
Special weather statement, Oct 17, 7:19 PM EST, 9 minutes before
INZ019-021-028>049-051>057-060>065-067>071-076-081>089-180230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 718 PM EST THU OCT 17 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 1 AM EST FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE AND NORTHWEST OF LINE FROM RICHMOND TO LOUISVILLE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON... TERRE HAUTE...COLUMBUS...EVANSVILLE...LAFAYETTE AND KOKOMO. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER WEST AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE STORMS< WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. CES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 7:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 42 min |
| Oct 17, 8:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 30 min |
| Oct 17, 8:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 34 min |
| Oct 17, 8:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen | 31 min |
| Oct 17, 8:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 25 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.