Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1996, 5:55 PM EST for Boone County, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 min. 3 reports 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 23, 1996, 5:55 PM EST (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1996, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boone County, IN, Montgomery County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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 23, 6:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 51 | Crawfordsville, IN | |
| Jun 23, 6:35 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Thorntown, IN | |
| Jun 23, 6:35 PM EST | Hail 1 | Thorntown, 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 714 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 232257 SVRIND INC011-107-232345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 555 PM EST SUN JUN 23 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...BOONE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 551 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TOWNS OF DARLINGTON...THORNTOWN AND LEBANON ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. AT 550 PM EST MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED AT DARLINGTON. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS P ASSED. 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 23, 5:44 PM EST, 11 minutes before
INZ001>092-240500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 0545 PM EST SUN JUN 23 1996 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GARY TO 30 MILES EAST OF MUNCIE AND NORTH OF LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF SEYMOUR. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF SEYMOUR TO RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE LAFAYETTE...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS... BLOOMINGTON...TERRE HAUTE...RICHMOND AND GARY. 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 STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 31 min |
| 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, 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.