Tornado Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
820 PM EST FRI APR 19 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA
UNTIL 1100 PM EST/CDT...

THE WATCH IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SULLIVAN TO
15 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE SOUTH
BEND...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS...
RICHMOND...BLOOMINGTON AND COLUMBUS.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. REVIEW PLANS FOR
YOUR SAFETY NOW. THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT
OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUJR HOME OR BUILDING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AT 815
PM. OTHER STORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST INDIANA AND WERE JUST
SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE AND MOVING TOWARD TERRE HAUTE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
841 PM EST FRI APR 19 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
INDIANA UNTIL 400 AM EST...

A NEW TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN INDIANA. THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 188.

THE WATCH IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SULLIVAN TO
15 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG...AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES
SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF ANGOLA. SOME CITIES IN THE
WATCH ARE...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS...
RICHMOND...BLOOMINGTON AND COLUMBUS.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. REVIEW PLANS FOR
YOUR SAFETY NOW. THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT
OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING.

AT 840 PM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
AND WERE MOVING TOWARD WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ACROSS
ILLINOIS THIS EVENING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
907 PM EST FRI APR 19 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH INDIANA UNTIL 400 AM...

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH INDIANA CONTINUES UNTIL 400
AM...SO ALL BUT A SMALL PART OF INDIANA IS COVERED BY TORNADO WATCHES
UNTIL 400 AM. THE SMALL PART NOT COVERED IS FROM SOUTH BEND TO
ANGOLA.

AT 910 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHWEST
INDIANA AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST.

IN THE EAST CENTRAL THE STORMS WERE BETWEEN MUNCIE AND RICHMOND. IN
THE SOUTHWEST THEY WERE BETWEEN TERRE HAUTE AND VINCENNES. STORMS IN
THE NORTHWEST EXTENDED FROM WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1038 PM EST FRI APR 19 1996

...TORNADO WATCHES COVER NEARLY ALL OF INDIANA UNTIL 400 AM...

AT 1030 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA.
OVER NORTH INDIANA THE STORMS WERE MOSTLY FROM AROUND LAFAYETTE TO
NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST. SOUTHWEST INDIANA
STORMS REACHED FROM AROUND VINCENNES THROUGH BLOOMINGTON TO JUSTJ
SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST. WINDS
GUSTING TO 45 TO 55 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AHEAD OF THOSE STORMS...
AS FAR NORTHEAST AS INDIANAPOLIS WHERE WINDS GUSTED TO MORE THAN
50 MPH JUST AFTER 1030 PM.

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