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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 3, 1996Rush County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 3:12 PM ESTHail 0.75Rushville, 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.

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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 1:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby48 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.