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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 18, 1996Pike County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1996, 12:57 PM EST for Pike County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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
Jan 18, 1996, 12:57 PM EST (17:57 UTC)
Expired
Jan 18, 1996, 1:30 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Pike County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 1996-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 622 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
622 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
786 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KEVV 181759 RRA
SVREVV
INC125-147-KYC183-181830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1157 AM CST (1257 PM EST) THU JAN 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CST (130 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...PIKE COUNTY...SPENCER COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...OHIO COUNTY
 
AT 1156 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF PIKE...OHIO AND
SPENCER COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. IF
YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...TAKE COVER NOW.
 
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.
 
MM

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, Jan 18, 11:21 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
INZ060-061-067>070-076-081>089-182200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1123 AM EST THU JAN 18 1996

...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA UNTIL 5 PM EST...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 5 PM EST (4 PM CST). THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE
CITIES OF SULLIVAN...BLOOMFIELD...BEDFORD...VINCENNES...EVANSVILLE
AND PETERSBURG.

AT 1120 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE SHOWING A LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL ILLINOIS
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED FROM SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS WITH TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN IN THIS AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR
INFORMATION ON THIS WATCH AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 11:23 AM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
INZ060-061-067>070-076-081>089-182200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1123 AM EST THU JAN 18 1996

...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA UNTIL 5 PM EST...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 5 PM EST (4 PM CST). THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE
CITIES OF SULLIVAN...BLOOMFIELD...BEDFORD...VINCENNES...EVANSVILLE
AND PETERSBURG.

AT 1120 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE SHOWING A LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL ILLINOIS
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED FROM SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS WITH TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN IN THIS AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR
INFORMATION ON THIS WATCH AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LASHLEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 12:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPosey, Vanderburgh36 min
Jan 18, 12:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarrick31 min
Jan 18, 12:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSpencer33 min
Jan 18, 1:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Dubois, Martin34 min
Jan 18, 1:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry34 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.