Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 1:34 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 54 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| Mar 25, 1:58 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Indianapolis, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 1:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 39 min |
| Mar 25, 1:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 2:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 30 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.