Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 17, 1996, 8:50 PM EST for Greene County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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
- Oct 17, 1996, 8:50 PM EST (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 1996, 9:15 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greene County, IN, Owen County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 180151 SVRIND INC055-119-180215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 850 PM EST THU OCT 17 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...EASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY AT 850 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...NEAR SWITZ CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH TOWARDS THE TOWNS OF BLOOMFIELD...WORTHINGTON...AND FREEMAN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. CES/DE
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, 5 hours 11 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, 2 hours 44 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, 1 hour 31 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, 7:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 32 min |
| 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 |
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.