Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 1996, 1:47 AM EST for Hamilton County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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, 1:47 AM EST (06:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 1996, 2:15 AM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 1:47 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Noblesville, IN | |
| Mar 25, 2:05 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Noblesville, 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 2415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KIND 250648 RRA SVRIND INC057-095-250715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 147 AM EST MON MAR 25 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...HAMILTON COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER INDIANAPOLIS MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH NOBLESVILLE BY 2 AM AND ANDERSON BY 215 AM. 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.
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, 24 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, 23 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, 1:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 33 min |
| Mar 25, 2:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 30 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.