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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 7, 1995Gallatin County, White County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 4:53 PM CDT for Gallatin County, White County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 7, 1995, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Gallatin County, IL, White County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 245 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 789 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.5

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The text

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

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ILC059-193-072230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
453 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
 
   ...GALLATIN COUNTY...SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY
 
AT 449 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
SOUTHEAST OUT OF HAMILTON COUNTY AT 25 MPH. IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
THE TOWN OF RIDGWAY BY 510 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
TAKE SHELTER NOW.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
SLEIGHTER
 


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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:09 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

INZ085>088-080200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
400 PM EST/CDT WED JUN 7 1995

IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST/
CDT FOR FAR SOUTHWEST INDIANA. INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH
ARE POSEY...VANDERBURGH...WARRICK...AND SPENCER.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE EVANSVILLE AND BOONVILLE.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER
IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SBH

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.