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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 19, 1996Johnson County, Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1996, 6:54 PM EST for Johnson County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 66 min. 11 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, 6:54 PM EST (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1996, 8:00 PM EST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 7:10 PM ESTHail 1.25Indianapolis, IN
Apr 19, 7:14 PM ESTHail 1.75Indianapolis, IN
Apr 19, 7:15 PM ESTHail 2Beech Grove, IN
Apr 19, 7:15 PM ESTHail 1.75Greenwood, IN
Apr 19, 7:20 PM ESTHail 1.75Indianapolis, IN
Apr 19, 7:21 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 61Indianapolis, IN
Apr 19, 7:28 PM ESTHail 1.5Indianapolis, IN
Apr 19, 7:35 PM ESTHail 2Greenwood, IN
Apr 19, 7:35 PM ESTHail 1.75Cumberland, IN
Apr 19, 7:40 PM ESTThunderstorm WindIndianapolis, IN
Apr 19, 7:44 PM ESTTornado F1Mooresville, 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 1996-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 310 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 1996-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 192355
TORIND
INC081-097-200100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
654 PM EST FRI APR 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY...MARION COUNTY
 
AT 653 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES WEST
OF INDIANAPOLIS FROM STILESVILLE TO DANVILLE AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
THREE QUARTER INCH SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN DANVILLE AT 650 PM EST.
 
THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS AND NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY
AREAS BY 715 PM EST.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
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, 6:22 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHendricks68 min
Apr 19, 6:36 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMorgan54 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.