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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 3, 1996Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1996, 1:12 PM EST for Shelby 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
Jun 3, 1996, 1:12 PM EST (18:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1996, 2:00 PM EST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-06-03Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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 
TTAA00 KIND 031813
SVRIND
INC145-031900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
112 PM EST MON JUN 3 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 110 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF
SHELBYVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES.
SHELBYVILLE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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, Jun 3, 12:14 PM EST, 58 minutes before
INZ028>030-035>072-031830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1211 PM EST MON JUN 3 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL INDIANA...

AT 12 PM EST...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
TERRE HAUTE TO NEAR INDIANAPOLIS EAST TO NEAR RICHMOND.  THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING
ACROSS WESTERN INDIANA...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST.

PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

SWAIN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:56 PM EST, 16 minutes before
INZ006>009-017-018-023>027-031>034-037>042-046>050-053>059-062>066-
073-074-040100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1253 PM EST MON JUN 3 1996

IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA EAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH
OF LINTON TO FRANKFORT TO PERU TO 10 MILES EAST OF ELKHART...AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF LINTON TO 5 MILES NORTH OF
SEYMOUR TO LAWRENCEBURG.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE
INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE...BLOOMINGTON....KOKOMO...CONNERSVILLE...FORT
WAYNE...AND MARION.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CRLOSE 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.

SWAIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.