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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 24, 1996Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 6:13 PM EST for Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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
May 24, 1996, 6:13 PM EST (23:13 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1996, 7:00 PM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Daviess County, IN, Martin County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1996-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1996-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 242314
SVRIND
INC027-101-250000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
613 PM EST FRI MAY 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...DAVIESS COUNTY...MARTIN COUNTY
 
AT 605 PM...THE DAVIESS COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR REPORTED 3/4 INCH
HAIL IN WASHINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST TOWARD SHOALS.
 
 
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 UNTTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
 
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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 53 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, 55 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 1:08 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMontgomery7 hr
May 24, 3:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery30 min
May 24, 4:08 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMontgomery4 hr
May 24, 4:53 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone4 hr
May 24, 5:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks32 min
May 24, 6:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan51 min
May 24, 6:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Monroe43 min
May 24, 6:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby47 min
May 24, 6:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.