Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1996, 4:50 PM EST for Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 55 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 28, 1996, 4:50 PM EST (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1996, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Martin County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | South Martin, 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 282151 SVRIND INC101-282245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 450 PM EST TUE MAY 28 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY AT 450 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR GLENDALE...20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VINCENNES...IN SOUTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY AT 433 PM EST. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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. ZIMMERMAN &
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 28, 12:04 PM EST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
INZ001>092-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1204 PM EST TUE MAY 28 1996 IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JASPER. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...CRAWFORDSVILLE... TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...WASHINGTON...EVANSVILLE... AND TELL CITY. 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. ELSON
Special weather statement, May 28, 12:15 PM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
INZ001>092-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1204 PM EST TUE MAY 28 1996 IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...AND WEST OF LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE TO 20 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE LAFAYETTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE... WASHINGTON...EVANSVILLE...AND VINCENNES. 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. ELSON CORRECTED AREAL DEFINITION
Special weather statement, May 28, 1:48 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
INZ002>004-010>015-019>022-028>031-035>037-043>046-051>054-060>062- 067>070-076-081>089-282000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 145 PM EST TUE MAY 28 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN INDIANA UNTIL 600 PM EST... AT 140 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS WERE MOVING INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS IN THE CHAMPAIGN AREA WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN VERMILLION...WARREN...AND BENTON COUNTIES OF WESTERN INDIANA BEFORE 230 PM EST. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN WESTERN INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STORMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENT OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR R\ELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GRAY
Special weather statement, May 28, 2:38 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
INZ002>004-010>015-019>022-028>030-035>037-043>046-051>054-060>062- 067>070-076-081>089-282030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 237 PM EST TUE MAY 28 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN INDIANA UNTIL 6 PM EST... AT 230 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA BETWEEN LAFAYETTE AND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF LAKE MICHIGAN. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MOROCCO IN NEWTON COUNTY OF NORTHWEST INDIANA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN INDIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND CHAMPAIGN AND DANVILLE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO WERE REPORTED FROM SOME OF THESE STORMS JUST AFTER 2 PM EST. THE STRONG STORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST INDIANA COUNTIES OF VERMILLION...FOUNTAIN...WARREN AND BENTON. PEOPLE IN THESE NORTHWEST INDIANA COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT TXO STORMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. REPORT LARGE HAIL HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND TO THE NEAREST POLICE AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GRAY
Special weather statement, May 28, 3:37 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
INZ002>004-010>015-019>022-028>030-035>037-043>046-051>054-060>062- 067>070-076-081>083-085>088-282115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 335 PM EST TUE MAY 28 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN INDIANA UNTIL 6 PM EST... AT 330 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT |30 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD SHAKAMAK STATE PARK. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER WABASH AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES OF ILLINOIS AND WERE MOVING TOWARD VINCENNES IN KNOX COUNTY. GRAY
Special weather statement, May 28, 3:49 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
INZ001>092-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST TUE MAY 28 1996 IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE...TO LAFAYETTE...TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. THE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE EXTREME SOUTHEAST INDIANA...EAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND...TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE LAFAYETTE...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...VINCENNESE...MADISON...AND EVANSVILLE. 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. THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR FAR WESTERN INDIANA. ELSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 68 min |
| May 28, 3:39 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Vermillion | 66 min |
| May 28, 3:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke | 51 min |
| May 28, 3:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 61 min |
| May 28, 4:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Putnam | 68 min |
| May 28, 4:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox | 64 min |
| May 28, 4:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess | 67 min |
| May 28, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe | 62 min |
| May 28, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 65 min |
| May 28, 4:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 67 min |
| May 28, 4:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 61 min |
| May 28, 5:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson | 57 min |
| May 28, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 61 min |
| May 28, 5:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 53 min |
| May 28, 5:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 64 min |
| May 28, 5:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 49 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.