Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1996, 7:59 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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 22, 1996, 7:59 PM EST (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1996, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bartholomew County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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 22, 8:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus, 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 2598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 230100 SVRIND INC005-230130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 759 PM EST SAT JUN 22 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY AT 752 PM EST THE STATE POLICE REPORTED SOME MODERATE SIZE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN EDINBURG IN SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE STORM WILL MOVE MAINLY NORTHERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY. THE TOWN OF CLIFORD AND THE CITY OF COLUMBUS ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 65 IN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. HAINES &
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 22, 6:16 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
INZ043>045-230110- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 616 PM EST SAT JUN 22 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PARKE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AT 615 PM EST. AT 615 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF ROCKVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME WIND HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE STORMS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE GREENCASTLE AREA BETWEEN 630 PM EST AND 700 PM EST. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN PUTMAN...SOUTHERN PARKE AND SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. JEH
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:00 PM EST, 59 minutes before
INZ043>047-051>055-060>063-067>071-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 658 PM EST SAT JUN 22 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA... AT 655 PM EST RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE OR JUST WEST OF LINTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVLOPED RAPIDLY IN THE LAST HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. MEANWHILE OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO TO JUST NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED SOME IN THE LAST HOUR. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND THEY SHOULD MOVE INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS AND BLOOMINGTON AREAS BY 800 PM EST. JEH
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:45 PM EST, 14 minutes before
INZ046>048-054>057-062>065-070>072-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 745 PM EST SAT JUN 22 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA... AT 725 PM EST A WTHR TV EMPLOYEE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN BROWNSBURG IN HENDRICKS COUNTY. BROWNSBURG IS 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS. THIS STORM HAS DECREASED IN STRENGTH SOME AS IT MOVES EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA UNTIL 830 PM. UP TO 3/4 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER WHEN THE STORM APPROACHES. PLAN AHEAD AND KNOW WHERE SAFE SHELTER IS BEFORE THE STORM REACHES YOUR AREA. OTHER STORMS WERE MOVING JUST SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON. THESE WILL MOVE THROUGH LAWRENCE...SOUTHERN MONROE AND BROWN COUNTIES. AT 740 PM EST THE PUBLIC REPORTED A HOUSE WAS DAMAGED BY HIGH WINDS ALONG THE SHELBY...BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY LINE. HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 8:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 5:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 6:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 6:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.