Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1996, 10:37 PM EST for Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 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
- Apr 18, 1996, 10:37 PM EST (03:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 1996, 11:30 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 637 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 190338 SVRIND INC121-133-190430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1037 PM EST THU APR 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN PARKE COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORT HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE...BETWEEN CLINTON AND ROCKVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST TOWARD MANSFIELD. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR BAINBRIDGE AROUND 1100 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DS &
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, Apr 18, 5:00 PM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
INZ051-060-067-081-082-085>087-190500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 500 PM EST THU APR 18 1996 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST/CDT... THE WATCH IS WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES AND EVANSVILLE. A WATCH MEANS TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD THINK OF WHERE YOU WILL SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE SAFEST PLACE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A HOME OR BUILDING. JUST BEFORE 500 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT OVER MISSOURI. THAT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA LATE IN THE EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT LIKELY OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. DS
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 7:57 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
INZ051-060-067-081-082-085>087-190230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 750 PM EST THU APR 18 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH COVERS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST/CDT... THE WATCH IS WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES AND EVANSVILLE. A WATCH MEANS TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD THINK OF WHERE YOU WILL SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE SAFEST PLACE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A HOME OR BUILDING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS AT 745 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP FARTHER SOUTH... BUT THEY WOULD NOT REACH SOUTHWEST INDIANA BEFORE 1000 PM IF THEY DO. DS
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 9:21 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
INZ051-060-067-081-082-085>087-190400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 920 PM EST THU APR 18 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH COVERS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST/CDT... THE WATCH IS WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES AND EVANSVILLE. A WATCH MEANS TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD THINK OF WHERE YOU WILL SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE SAFEST PLACE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A HOME OR BUvILDING. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE TERRE HAUTE AREA BETWEEN 1000 PM AND 1100 PM. DS
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 10:25 PM EST, 12 minutes before
INZ003>009-012>018-020>026-029>033-035>041-043>049-190900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1025 PM EST THU APR 18 1996 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 400 AM EST/CDT... THE WATCH IS EAST OF A LINE FROM LA PORTE TO CLINTON IN SOUTHERN VIGO COUNTY AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ANGOLA TO NEW CASTLE. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE INDIANAPOLIS...FORT WAYNE...SOUTH BEND AND LAFAYETTE. A WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD THINK OF WHERE YOU WILL SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A HOME OR BUILDING. AT 1015 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN INDIANA. THAT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER INDIANA TONIGHT. SLL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 12:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 4:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 69 min |
| Apr 19, 5:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 5:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Putnam | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 6:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks | 68 min |
| Apr 19, 6:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Morgan | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 6:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.