Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1996, 6:36 PM EST for Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 54 min. 2 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, 6:36 PM EST (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1996, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 29 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:06 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Mooresville, IN | |
| Apr 19, 7:40 PM EST | Tornado F1 | Mooresville, 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 192337 TORIND INC109-200030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 636 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 ...NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY AT 635 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 30 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS OVER GREENCASTLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH TOWARD STILESVILLE. GREENCASTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT 630 PM EST DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN PTHE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. LINDSEY &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 10:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Putnam | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 12:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 4:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 69 min |
| Apr 19, 5:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 5:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Putnam | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 6:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks | 68 min |
| Apr 19, 6:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 66 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.