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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 22, 1996Parke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1996, 5:35 PM EST for Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 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 22, 1996, 5:35 PM EST (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1996, 6:15 PM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Parke County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1996-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3149 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1996-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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 222236
SVRIND
INC121-222315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
535 PM EST SAT JUN 22 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN PARKE COUNTY
 
AT 532 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE OR JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF ROCKVILLE. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THE TOWNS OF JESSUP AND MANSFIELD ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
PERSONS SHOULD ALSO TAKE COVER IN THE RACOON LAKE AREA.
 
 
 
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 PDRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
JEH

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.