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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana

April 19, 1996Noble County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1996, 9:47 PM EST for Noble County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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, 9:47 PM EST (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1996, 10:30 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Noble County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 200247
TORFWA
INC113-200330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
947 PM EST FRI APR 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...NOBLE COUNTY
 
AT 943 EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LIGONIER MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REACH ALBION BY
1000 PM EST AND KENDALLVILLE BY 1015 PM EST. THIS STORM ALSO HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
PYLE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 10:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXNoble, Whitley47 min
Apr 19, 11:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.