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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 7, 1995Miami County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 6:57 PM EST for Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 6:57 PM EST (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 7:30 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Miami County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 162 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 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 KIND 080002 RRA
SVRIND
INC103-080030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
657 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN MIAMI COUNTY
 
AT 700 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST WEST OF PERU. MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST.
 
THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH AMBOY AND BUNKER HILL BETWEEN 700 PM AND
715 PM EST.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MO~VE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
TA

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 EST, 2 hours 48 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
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:40 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
INZ002>042-080400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
540 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTH HALF OF
INDIANA...

THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST...AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF
INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO
10 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE
SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...MARION...
MUNCIE...ANDERSON...TIPTON AND CRAWFORDSVILLE.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE
SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

AT 535 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA. THEY WERE
MOVING SOUTHEAST. STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

DS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:45 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
INZ002>042-080400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
540 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTH HALF OF
INDIANA...

THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST...AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF
INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO
10 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE
SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...MARION...
MUNCIE...ANDERSON...TIPTON AND CRAWFORDSVILLE.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE
SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

AT 535 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA. THEY WERE
MOVING SOUTHEAST. STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

DS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:40 PM EST, 17 minutes before
INZ085>088-080045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
640 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT OVER FAR
SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF FAR SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

DS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:46 PM EST, 11 minutes before
INZ085>088-080045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
640 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT OVER FAR
SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

THUZNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF FAR SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

DS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 5:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVanderburgh37 min
Jun 7, 6:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.