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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 23, 1996Hamilton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 1996, 7:50 PM EST for Hamilton County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 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, 7:50 PM EST (00:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 1996, 8:30 PM EST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Hamilton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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
Jun 23, 8:00 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Sheridan, IN
Jun 23, 8:00 PM EST	Hail 1.75	Sheridan, IN
Jun 23, 8:30 PM EST	Hail 1.75	Ingalls, 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 217 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3075 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1342 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 240052
TORIND
INC057-240130-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
750 PM EST SUN JUN 23 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY
 
AT 747 PM EST A SHERIFFS OFFICER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND SOUTH
OF SHERIDAN...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NOBLESVILLE. AT 748 PM EST RADAR
INDICATED ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO BETWEEN NOBLESVILLE AND FISHERS.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE IMMEDIATE
PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BAKERS CORNER AND CLARKSVILLE.
 
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 AVAILABLE...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.
 
ELSON
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 2 hours 6 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 23, 7:01 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone	44 min
Jun 23, 7:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton	56 min
Jun 23, 7:54 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Madison	36 min
Jun 23, 8:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marion	48 min
Jun 23, 8:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Madison	42 min
Jun 23, 8:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry	51 min
Jun 23, 9:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain	53 min
Jun 23, 10:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	51 min
Jun 23, 10:42 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	3 hr
Jun 24, 12:46 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard	119 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.