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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 7, 1996Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1996, 2:12 PM EST for Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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
Nov 7, 1996, 2:12 PM EST (19:12 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1996, 2:45 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Decatur County, IN, Jennings County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
352 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 071912 RRA
SVRIND
INC031-079-071945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
212 PM EST THU NOV 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...DECATUR COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...JENNINGS COUNTY
 
AT 210 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST
EAST OF SEYMOUR TO 10 MILES WEST OF GREENSBURG.
 
JUST BEFORE 200PM...TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN SEYMOUR.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND MOVING TOWARDS THE TOWN
OF MOUNT VERNON. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF
GREENSBURG.
 
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
lOF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
JAS
 
 
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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, Nov 7, 1:35 PM EST, 37 minutes before
INZ058-059-065-066-072>075-077>080-090>092-080100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
135 PM EST THU NOV 7 1996

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PART OF EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST.  THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA ALONG AND EAST OF
A LINE FROM CONNERSVILLE TO 30 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE...
GREENSBURG...SALEM...NORTH VERNON...MADISON AND LAWRENCEBURG.

AT 130 PM EST SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST
WEST OF RICHMOND TO ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE.  RADAR
INDICATES THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING ALONG THIS LINE
ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH.

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PART OF
EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST.

HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 1:37 PM EST, 35 minutes before
INZ058-059-065-066-072>075-077>080-090>092-080100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
135 PM EST THU NOV 7 1996

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PART OF EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST.  THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA ALONG AND EAST OF
A LINE FROM CONNERSVILLE TO 30 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE...
GREENSBURG...SALEM...NORTH VERNON...MADISON AND LAWRENCEBURG.

AT 130 PM EST SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST
WEST OF RICHMOND TO ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE.  RADAR
INDICATES THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING ALONG THIS LINE
ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH.

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PART OF
EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST.

HENDRICKSON

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.