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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 7, 1995Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 10:43 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 107 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 10:43 PM EDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
107 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Berrien County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 262 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 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 456 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
456 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, 9:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
INZ002>042-080215-

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

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS OVER NORTH INDIANA UNTIL 1100
PM...

AT 810 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHEAST
INDIANA. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN HARTFORD CITY AT 805 PM.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING TO JUST NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE BETWEEN 830
AND 900 PM. STORMS SHOULD REACH THE WINCHESTER AREA AROUND 900 PM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST DELAWARE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES SHOULD LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOVE INSIDE FOR PROTECTION
FROM LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN IN
HEAVY RAINFALL. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED BY HEAVY RAIN.

DS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
INZ002>042-080215-

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

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS OVER NORTH INDIANA UNTIL 1100
PM...

AT 810 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHEAST
INDIANA. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN HARTFORD CITY AT 805 PM.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING TO JUST NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE BETWEEN 830
AND 900 PM. STORMS SHOULD REACH THE WINCHESTER AREA AROUND 900 PM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST DELAWARE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES SHOULD LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOVE INSIDE FOR PROTECTION
FROM LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN IN
HEAVY RAINFALL. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDlUCED BY HEAVY RAIN.

DS
Local storm report, Jun 7, 9:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
821 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

709 PM     PERU                      IN   WIND DAMAGE
6/7/95     MIAMI                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

645 PM     MACY                      IN   WIND DAMAGE
6/7/95     MIAMI                          ROOF AND BARN DAMAGE. TREES
                                          DOWN.
Local storm report, Jun 7, 9:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
821 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

709 PM     PERU                      IN   WIND DAMAGE
6/7/95     MIAMI                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

645 PM     MACY                      IN   WIND DAMAGE
6/7/95     MIAMI                          ROOF AND BARN DAMAGE. TREES
                                          DOWN.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:24 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
INZ002>042-080330-

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

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA
UNTIL 11 PM EST...

AT 920 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF NORTHEAST
AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA.

HOWEVER...ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS FAR
NORTHERN AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST.

THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.
PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. BE PREPARED TO
SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA.

SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL
IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TMA
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:26 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
INZ002>042-080330-

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

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA
UNTIL 11 PM EST...

AT 920 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF NORTHEAST
AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA.

HOWEVER...ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS FAR
NORTHERN AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST.

THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.
PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. BE PREPARED TO
SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YO"UR AREA.

SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL
IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBerrien, Cass2 hr

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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.