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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana

April 19, 1996Allen County, DeKalb County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1996, 11:35 PM EST for Allen County, DeKalb County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1996, 11:35 PM EST (04:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 1996, 12:15 AM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1996-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1996-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFWA 200435
SVRFWA
INC003-033-200515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
1135 PM EST FRI APR 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN ALLEN COUNTY...SOUTHERN DE KALB COUNTY
 
AT 1130PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE NEAR
CHURUBUSCO.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
HUNTERTOWN...CEDARVILLE...GRABILL...AND SPENCERVILLE.
 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 9:47 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXNoble43 min
Apr 19, 10:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXNoble, Whitley47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.