Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1996, 4:56 PM EST for Johnson County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 64 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 14, 1996, 4:56 PM EST (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1996, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Johnson County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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 14, 5:00 PM EST | Hail 1 | Greenwood, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 1516 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1173 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 142157 SVRIND INC081-109-145-142300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 456 PM EST FRI JUN 14 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...JOHNSON COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY...SHELBY COUNTY AT 455 PM EST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER THE WESTERN PART OF INDIANAPOLIS BETWEEN 445 PM AND 455 PM EST. 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, Jun 14, 1:49 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
INZ041-042-049-142030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 145 PM EST FRI JUN 14 1996 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN THE MUNCIE AREA... AT 145 PM EST RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM EXTENDED FROM NEAR MUNCIE TO ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF MUNCIE. AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS IN MUNCIE AT AROUND 140 PM EST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EZAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO THE WINCHESTER AREA BY 200 PM EST. JEH
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:14 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
INZ037-039-046-047-049-142115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 314 PM EST FRI JUN 14 1996 ...STRONG STORMS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 310 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE MUNCIE AREA SOUTHWEST TOWARD TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. ONE STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED IN HENRY COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE. AT 300 PM...THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL IN THE NORTHERN PART OF HENRY COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED IN BOONE COUNTY ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOL .THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL EFFECT PEOPLE IN CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 500 PM. @ PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH THESE STORMS. KH
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:28 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
INZ037-039>042-046>050-142130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 316 PM EST FRI JUN 14 1996 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 320 PM EST RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWN TOWN INDIANAPOLIS...TO JUST SOUTH OF ANDERSON TO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE. AT 320 PM EST A AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL ABOUT IN THE TOWN OF CARMEL OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. PERSONS IN THE INDIANAPOLIS AND NEW CASTLE AREAS SHOULD BE ALExRT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. JEH
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:31 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
INZ037-039>042-046>050-142130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 325 PM EST FRI JUN 14 1996 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 320 PM EST RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWN TOWN INDIANAPOLIS...TO JUST SOUTH OF ANDERSON TO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE. AT 320 PM EST A AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL ABOUT IN THE TOWN OF CARMEL OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. PERSONS IN THE INDIANAPOLIS AND NEW CASTLE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. JEH
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:36 PM EST, 20 minutes before
INZ001>092-150400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 436 PM EST FRI JUN 14 1996 IN INDIANA...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF VINCENNES TO NEAR LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON... SEYMOUR AND MADISON. 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 STATEMENTLS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ZIMMERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 4:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 4:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 64 min |
| Jun 14, 6:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 6:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 55 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.