Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1996, 10:27 PM EST for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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 25, 1996, 10:27 PM EST (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1996, 11:15 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Knox County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 260330 SVRIND INC083-260415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1027 PM EST SAT MAY 25 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY AT 1025 PM...RADAR HAD A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VINCENNES. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD DECKER. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. 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. 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 25, 7:40 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
INZ060-061-067>069-081>083-085>089-260600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 741 PM EST SAT MAY 25 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 100 AM EST... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SULLIVAN TO 10 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON TO 10 MILES EAST OF TELL CITY. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WATCH ARE SULLIVAN...LINTON...VINCENNES...WASHINGTON...EVANSVILLE... JASPER AND TELL CITY. REMEMBER A WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN F"OR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 735 PM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR ST LOUIS. IT WAS MOVING EAST AND SHOULD REACH WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA AROUND 1000 PM. DS
Special weather statement, May 25, 9:01 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
INZ028-029-035-036-043>045-051>053-060-061-067>069-081>083-085>089- 260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 901 PM EST SAT MAY 25 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 100 AM EST... AT 855 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTH ILLINOIS. THEY SHOULD REACH WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA BETWEEN 930 AND 1030 PM EST. REMEMBER A WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DS
Special weather statement, May 25, 9:49 PM EST, 38 minutes before
INZ028-029-035-036-043>045-051>053-060-061-067>069-081>083-085>089- 260400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 950 PM EST SAT MAY 25 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 100 AM EST... AT 945 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH TERRE HAUTE BETWEN 1000 AND 1015 PM AND WILL REACH VINCENNES AROUND 1045 PM EST. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. REMEMBER A WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RPG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 41 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.