Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1996, 9:59 PM EST for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 61 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
- Apr 19, 1996, 9:59 PM EST (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1996, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Knox County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:15 PM EST | Tornado F0 | Vincennes, 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 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 200300 TORIND INC083-200400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 959 PM EST FRI APR 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...KNOX COUNTY AT 958 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VINCENNES MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MPH. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS TOUCHDOWNS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WIZTH YOUR HANDS. LINDSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 7:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 64 min |
| Apr 19, 9:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 61 min |
| Apr 19, 9:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 10:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 10:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 10:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Madison | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 11:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 11:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 11:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence, Monroe | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 11:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 11:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 11:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 12:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 12:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 12:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 12:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 41 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.