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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 10, 1996Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1996, 2:24 PM EST for Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 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
May 10, 1996, 2:24 PM EST (19:24 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1996, 3:15 PM EST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 168 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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 101925
TORIND
INC097-102015-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
224 PM EST FRI MAY 10 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
AT 223 PM A STATE EMERGENCY OFFICIAL RELAYED A REPORT OF A TORNADO ON
THE GROUND ONE AND ONE HALF MILES EAST OF PLAINFIELD MOVING NORTHEAST 35
MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVA ILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
LINDSEY
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 2:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe, Owen43 min
May 10, 2:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan53 min
May 10, 2:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown47 min
May 10, 2:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson51 min
May 10, 3:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby50 min
May 10, 3:21 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMonroe, Owen2 hr
May 10, 3:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush45 min
May 10, 3:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.