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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 5:58 PM EST for Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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 24, 1996, 5:58 PM EST (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1996, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hendricks County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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 24, 6:16 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Plainfield, 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 242258 SVRIND INC063-242330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 558 PM EST FRI MAY 24 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...HENDRICKS COUNTY AT 555 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS NEAR COATESVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CLAYTON AND PLAINFIELD. 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. 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 24, 4:20 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
INZ028-035-043-044-051-242215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 419 PM EST FRI MAY 24 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... THE STRONGEST STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO INDIANA NEAR CAYUGA...OR 30 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE...JUST BEFORE 500 PM. THERE WILL BE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS STORM. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. \ OTHER STORMS WILL BE NEAR PENCE...30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE...BY 430 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY REACH TERRE HAUTE JUST AFTER 500 PM. DS
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:18 PM EST, 40 minutes before
INZ035>037-043>047-051>054-060>062-242315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 518 PM EST FRI MAY 24 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA AT 505 PM... THE STORMS WERE FROM JUST NORTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND SHOULD BE FROM THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS TO JUST NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON SHORTLY AFTER 600 PM. THERE WILL BE DA^NGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH MOST OF THESE STORMS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE. IT WOULD BE BEST TO GET INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery | 7 hr |
| May 24, 3:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 30 min |
| May 24, 4:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| May 24, 4:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone | 4 hr |
| May 24, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 47 min |
| May 24, 6:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 51 min |
| May 24, 6:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 43 min |
| May 24, 6:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 47 min |
| May 24, 6:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 39 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.