Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1996, 3:00 PM EST for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 3, 1996, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1996, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:12 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Rushville, 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 032000 SVRIND INC139-032030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 300 PM EST MON JUN 3 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...RUSH COUNTY AT 3 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. RUSHVILLE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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.
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, 2 hours 46 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, 2 hours 4 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
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:46 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
INZ006>009-017-018-023>027-031>034-037>042-046>050-053>059-062>066- 073-074-032000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 143 PM EST MON JUN 3 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST... SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE...BLOOMINGTON....KOKOMO...CONNERSVILLE...FORT WAYNE...AND MARION. AT 140 PM EST...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR BLOOMINGTON TO NEW CASTLE TO EAST OF MUNCIE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER HAMILTON AND NORTHERN MARION COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAINL AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SWAIN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:34 PM EST, 26 minutes before
INZ070>073-075>080-083-084-088-089-040100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 232 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 SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO LAWRENCEBURG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE SEYMOUR...BEDFORD...JASPER... AND MADISON. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 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 LATPER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SWAIN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:55 PM EST, 5 minutes before
INZ006>009-017-018-023>027-031>034-037>042-046>050-053>059-062>066- 070>080-083-084-088-089-032045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 257 PM EST MON JUN 3 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES COVER EAST AND PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST... THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF INDIANA AT 240 PM. THE STORMS WERE GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM JUST EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO JUST EAST OF TERRE HAUTE AND EVANSVILLE. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE STATE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST. STORMS WILL HAVE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME STORMS. IF STORMS APPROACH YOU...MOVE INSIDE A BUILDING OR STAY INSIDE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 1:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 48 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.