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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 19, 1996Hendricks County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1996, 6:22 PM EST for Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 68 min. 9 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
Apr 19, 1996, 6:22 PM EST (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1996, 7:30 PM EST
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Hendricks County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 6:41 PM ESTHail 1.25Stilesville, IN
Apr 19, 6:48 PM ESTHail 0.75Danville, IN
Apr 19, 6:50 PM ESTHail 1.75Belleville, IN
Apr 19, 7:00 PM ESTHail 2Belleville, IN
Apr 19, 7:00 PM ESTHail 1.75Plainfield, IN
Apr 19, 7:04 PM ESTHail 3Avon, IN
Apr 19, 7:05 PM ESTHail 3Plainfield, IN
Apr 19, 7:06 PM ESTHail 2.5Stilesville, IN
Apr 19, 7:31 PM ESTThunderstorm WindCoatesville, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1996-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1996-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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 192323
TORIND
INC063-200030-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
622 PM EST FRI APR 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...HENDRICKS COUNTY
 
AT 620 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE AND 10 MILES WEST OF GREENCASTLE. THE STORM
WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS PRODUCED GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL FROM
VERMILLION TO PUTNAM COUNTIES.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
 
LINDSEY
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 10:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Putnam53 min
Apr 19, 12:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Vigo42 min
Apr 19, 4:51 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion69 min
Apr 19, 5:40 PM ESTTornado WarningINDParke50 min
Apr 19, 5:55 PM ESTTornado WarningINDPutnam50 min
Apr 19, 6:36 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMorgan54 min
Apr 19, 6:54 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson, Marion66 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.