Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 6:24 PM EST for Johnson County, Marion County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 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
- May 24, 1996, 6:24 PM EST (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1996, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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, 6:30 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Greenwood, IN | |
| May 24, 6:35 PM EST | Hail 1.25 | Greenwood, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -502 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 242325 SVRIND INC081-097-109-250015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 624 PM EST FRI MAY 24 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY ...NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY AT 616 PM...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT INTERSTATE 70 AND STATE ROAD 267 IN PLAINFIELD...JUST WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST 30 MILES PER HOUR. 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, May 24, 4:20 PM EST, 2 hours 4 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, 1 hour 6 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, 5:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 32 min |
| May 24, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 47 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
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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.