Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1996, 1:05 PM EST for Hamilton County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min. 3 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
- May 5, 1996, 1:05 PM EST (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1996, 1:30 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hamilton County, IN, Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 1:10 PM EST | Hail 0.88 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| May 5, 1:12 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Carmel, IN | |
| May 5, 1:17 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 54 | 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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 051805 SVRIND INC057-097-051830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 105 PM EST SUN MAY 5 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...HAMILTON COUNTY...MARION COUNTY AT 105 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ZIONSVILLE...WHICH IS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE INDIANAPOLIS...CARMEL...AND FISHERS. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ZIONSVILLE AT 105 PM EST WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. 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. ELSON &
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, May 5, 11:19 AM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
INZ028-035-043-051900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1120 AM EST SUN MAY 5 1996 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HEADED INTO VERMILLION...WARREN AND FOUNTAIN COUNTIES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1115 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS... NORTHWEST OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THIS STORM WAS HEADED EAST AT 35 MPH AND WAS SUSPECTED TO BE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM SHOULD CROSS THE INDIANA BORDER BY NOON AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS VERMILLION...WARREN AND FOUNTAIN COUNTIES IN INDIANA BY 2 PM EST. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE PERRYSVILLE... VEEDERSBURG...WEST LEBANON AND ATTICA. AT 11 AM EST...THIS STORM DUMPED MARBLE SIXED HAIL AND PRODUCED STRONG WINDS IN THE AREA NORTH OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. EDDY
Special weather statement, May 5, 11:50 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
INZ028-035-043-044-051800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1151 AM EST SUN MAY 5 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS HEADED INTO VERMILLION...WARREN AND FOUNTAIN COUNTIES WEAKENING SLIGHTLY... AT 1145 AM EST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR DANVILLE ILLINOIS ...BUT HAD WEAKENED A BIT. THE STORM CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE INDIANA BORDER. SPOTTERS NEAR DANVILLE ILLINOIS REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AS THE STORM MOVED INTO THE AREA. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG...BUT NOT SEVERE AS IT PASSES OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF VERMILLION AND PARKE COUNTIES. THE COMMUNITIES OF PERRYSVILLE AND BLOOMINGDALE...AS WELL AS TURKEY RUN STATE PARK ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE STORMS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ERUPTING OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST OF THESE ZTHUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. EDDY
Special weather statement, May 5, 12:15 PM EST, 50 minutes before
INZ029-036-051815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1214 PM EST SUN MAY 5 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH TIPPECANOE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 115 PM. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. USE CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 65. BE PREPARED FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND SLOWED OR STOPPED TRAFFIC. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH AN HOUR HAVE OCCURRED IN NORTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY. WATCH FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS WHICH ARE ALREADY HIGH WHICH MAY QUICKLY RISE FURTHER. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. HAINES
Special weather statement, May 5, 1:01 PM EST, 4 minutes before
INZ001>092-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1256 PM EST SUN MAY 5 1996 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PRINCTON IN GIBSON COUNTY TO PAOLI IN ORANGE COUNTY TO 20 MILES NORTH OF CHARLESTON IN CLARK COUNTY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE EVANSVILLE AND JASPER. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 12:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 32 min |
| May 5, 12:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 32 min |
| May 5, 1:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Madison | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.