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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1996, 10:58 PM EST for Noble County, Whitley County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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
- Apr 19, 1996, 10:58 PM EST (03:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1996, 11:45 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Noble County, IN, Whitley County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 11:06 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Big Lake, IN | |
| Apr 19, 11:16 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Churubusco, IN | |
| Apr 19, 11:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Southern Whitley Co, 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 KFWA 200358 SVRFWA INC113-183-200445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 1058 PM EST FRI APR 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST INDIANA ...SOUTHERN NOBLE COUNTY...NORTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY AT 1057PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA CITY. MOVMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH TOWARDS THE COMMUNITIES OF MERRIAM AND CHURUBUSCO. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. REAUGH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Noble | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 11:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 40 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.