Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Indianapolis, IN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
117 AM EST WED NOV 16 1988

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WERE
CROSSING THE INDIANA-ILLINOIS BORDER AT 110 AM EST.

THE LEADING EDGE OF THE BAND OF STORMS WAS FROM CHICAGO TO ABOUT
10 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE.

INTENSE LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN IOWA WAS CAUSING WIND GUSTS OF
OVER 30 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF INDIANA. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE 40 TO 50 MPH GUSTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
AND NORTHWEST INDIANA BETWEEN 120 AM AND 230 AM.

PEOPLE IN MORROCO...KENTLAND...FOWLER AND RENSSELAER CAN EXPECT
GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD LIxSTEN FOR
LATER STATEMEMTS AND POSSBILE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
A SAFE PLACE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OF A HOME.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT EXTREME EAST AND SOUTHEAST
INDIANA UNTIL 700 AM EST.

ALLSOPP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
141 AM EST WED NOV 16 1988

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WERE
SPREADING RAPIDLY INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA.

AT 135 AM EST THE LEADING EDGE OF THE BAND OF SHOWERS WAS FROM
VALPARAISO TO LAFAYETTE TO TERRE HAUTE. HEAVIER SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WERE FROM MORROCO
IN NEWTON COUNTY TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS.

WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH AHEAD OF THE PRECIPITATION.
ADDITIONAL GUSTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
50 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN TREE LIMBS AND ROCK MOBILE HOMES.

PEOPLE IN RENSSELAER...FOWLER...OXFORD...AND ATTICA CAN EXPECT
GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS BETWEEN 140 AND 230 AM. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS
SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMEMTS AND POSSBILE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. A SMALL TORNADO CAN FORM QUICKLY
WITH THESE STORMS WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

ALLSOPP