Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1996, 6:50 PM EST for Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 55 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 14, 1996, 6:50 PM EST (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1996, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 260 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 142351 SVRIND INC071-150045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 650 PM EST FRI JUN 14 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...JACKSON COUNTY AT 649 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH FREETOWN BY 730 PM EST AND THROUGH BROWNSTOWN BY 745 PM EST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. F OR 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, 5 hours 1 minute 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, 3 hours 36 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, 3 hours 22 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, 3 hours 19 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, 2 hours 14 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
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:10 PM EST, 40 minutes before
INZ035>037-039-043>080-090>092-150400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 610 PM EST FRI JUN 14 1996 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 615 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF THAT LINE TO A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF VINCENNES TO NEAR LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR AND MADISON. AT 610 PM EST AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR TERRE HAUTE TO JUST NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON AND COLUMBUS TO NEAR LAWRENCEBURG. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 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 | Johnson, Shelby | 64 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 |
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.