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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 25, 1996Hendricks County, Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 1996, 1:27 AM EST for Hendricks County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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
Mar 25, 1996, 1:27 AM EST (06:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 1996, 2:00 AM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 25, 1:34 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 54Indianapolis, IN
Mar 25, 1:58 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 60Indianapolis, 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1996-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1996-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 250627
SVRIND
INC063-097-250700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
127 AM EST MON MAR 25 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...EASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY...MARION COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
INDIANAPOLIS IN HENDRICKS COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA
BY 2 PM.
 
 
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.

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, Mar 25, 1:23 AM EST, 4 minutes before
INZ030-036>040-045>048-053>056-061>064-250715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
123 AM EST MON MAR 25 1996

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA...

AT 105 AM EST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 1250 AM WINDS
AT THE TERRE HAUTE AIRPORT GUSTED TO 48 MPH. A TELEVISION STATION AT
TERRE HAUTE ESTIMATED WINDS TO 72 MPH. SOME TREES HAVE BEEN BLOWN
INTO POWER LINES AT TERRE HAUTE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE HIGHS WILL DECREASE
AT TERRE HAUTE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND CONTINUE AT THIS SPEED THROUGH THE
NIGHT.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN INDIANAPOLIS AROUND 120
AM...INTO CENTRAL INDIANAPOLIS...GREENWOOD AND BEECHGROVE AROUND 130
AM AND INTO EASTERN INDIANAPOLIS AROUND 145 AM.

VERY STRONG WINDS...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TONIGHT.
HAINES
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 1:24 AM EST, 3 minutes before
INZ030-036>040-045>048-053>056-061>064-250715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
123 AM EST MON MAR 25 1996

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA...

AT 105 AM EST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 1250 AM WINDS
AT THE TERRE HAUTE AIRPORT GUSTED TO 48 MPH. A TELEVISION STATION AT
TERRE HAUTE ESTIMATED WINDS TO 72 MPH. SOME TREES HAVE BEEN BLOWN
INTO POWER LINES AT TERRE HAUTE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE HIGHS WILL DECREASE
AT TERRE HAUTE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND CONTINUE AT THIS SPEED THROUGH THE
NIGHT.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN INDIANAPOLIS AROUND 120
AM...INTO CENTRAL INDIANAPOLIS...GREENWOOD AND BEECHGROVE AROUND 130
AM AND INTO EASTERN INDIANAPOLIS AROUND 145 AM.

VERY STRONG WINDS...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TONIGHT.
HAINES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 1:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam39 min
Mar 25, 1:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison28 min
Mar 25, 2:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Randolph30 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.