Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 29, 1996, 10:03 PM EST for Hamilton County, Indiana. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report 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 29, 1996, 10:03 PM EST (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 1996, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 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 29, 10:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel, 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 505 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 300303 SVRIND INC057-063-097-300400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1003 PM EST TUE OCT 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...HAMILTON COUNTY...HENDRICKS COUNTY...MARION COUNTY AT 1000 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM KOKOMO TO 30 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVEr 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. JAS
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 29, 6:34 PM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
INZ021>023-028>031-038-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 634 PM EST TUE OCT 29 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EST... THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO MARION TO ELKHART. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE...GARY...LAPORTE...SOUTH BEND ...PLYMOUTH...RENSSELAER...WARSAW...PERU...KOKOMO AND LAFAYETTE. AT 633 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH 8 PM EST. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH HAVE BEEN COMMON WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. TMA
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 6:36 PM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
INZ021>023-028>031-038-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 634 PM EST TUE OCT 29 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EST... THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO MARION TO ELKHART. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE...GARY...LAPORTE...SOUTH BEND ...PLYMOUTH...RENSSELAER...WARSAW...PERU...KOKOMO AND LAFAYETTE. AT 633 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH 8 PM EST. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH HAVE BEEN COMMON WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS XEVENING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. TMA
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 7:03 PM EST, 3 hours before
INZ035>037-039>041-043>049-051>057-060>065-067>071-076-077-081>089- 300500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 705 PM EST TUE OCT 29 1996 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA DOES NOT INCLUDE EXTREME EASTERN OR SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MUNCIE TO 30 WEST MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO INCLUDES ALL OF INDIANA WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF THE TORNADO WATCH. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE...CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS...ANDERSON... SULLIVAN...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR...JASPER AND EVANSVILLE. AT 700 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA TO JUST EAST OF SAINT LOUIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH AND HAVE PRODUCED 60 MPH WIND GUSTS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 7:05 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
INZ035>037-039>041-043>049-051>057-060>065-067>071-076-077-081>089- 300500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 705 PM EST TUE OCT 29 1996 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA DOES NOT INCLUDE EXTREME EASTERN OR SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MUNCIE TO 30 WEST MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO INCLUDES ALL OF INDIANA WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF THE TORNADO WATCH. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE...CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS...ANDERSON... SULLIVAN...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR...JASPER AND EVANSVILLE. AT 700 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA TO JUST EAST OF SAINT LOUIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH AND HAVE PRODUCED 60 MPH WIND GUSTS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 8:50 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
INZ006>009-017-018-025>027-033-034-042-300700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 852 PM EST TUE OCT 29 1996 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 200 AM EST. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA ALONG AND NORTH OF WINCHESTER AND ALSO EAST OF THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST INDIANA. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA ARE...ANGOLA...FORT WAYNE...BLUFFTON AND HUNTINGTON. AT 845 PM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF SOUTH BEND TO JUST WEST OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. REPEATING...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 200 AM EST. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 8:52 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
INZ006>009-017-018-025>027-033-034-042-300700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 852 PM EST TUE OCT 29 1996 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 200 AM EST. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA ALONG AND NORTH OF WINCHESTER AND ALSO EAST OF THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST INDIANA. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA ARE...ANGOLA...FORT WAYNE...BLUFFTON AND HUNTINGTON. AT 845 PM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF SOUTH BEND TO JUST WEST OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. REPEATING...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 200 AM EST. HENDRICKSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 7:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 47 min |
| Oct 29, 8:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe | 49 min |
| Oct 29, 8:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Montgomery | 50 min |
| Oct 29, 8:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Cass | 50 min |
| Oct 29, 9:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 42 min |
| Oct 29, 9:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 42 min |
| Oct 29, 9:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 42 min |
| Oct 29, 10:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.