Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 1:49 AM CDT for Lawrence County, Wabash County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1995, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1995, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lawrence County, IL, Wabash County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1933 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 080650 RRA SVREVV ILC101-185-080715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 149 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...LAWRENCE COUNTY...WABASH COUNTY AT 145 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF WEST SALEM ILLINOIS. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH ST FRANCISVILLE BY 150 AM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAMBERTY
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, 10:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1020 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA
UNTIL 11 PM EST...
AT 1015 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST INDIANA
AGAIN. THEY WERE FROM AROUND SOUTH BEND THROUGH ROCHESTER TO NEAR
LOGANSPORT AND KOKOMO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND THEY HAVE
PRODUCED SOME SEVERE WEATHER. STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA AND INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA BY MIDNIGHT.
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.
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j&6WWUSSpecial weather statement, Jun 7, 10:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
INZ002>042-080430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1020 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EST... AT 1015 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST INDIANA AGAIN. THEY WERE FROM AROUND SOUTH BEND THROUGH ROCHESTER TO NEAR LOGANSPORT AND KOKOMO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND THEY HAVE PRODUCED SOME SEVERE WEATHER. STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA BY MIDNIGHT. 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. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
INZ005>009-016>018-023>027-031>034-038-040>042-080800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1040 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA... THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST AND COVERS INDIANA EAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO 10 MILES EAST OF FRANKFORT AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF FRANKFORT TO 10 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE FORT WAYNE...WABASH... PERU...MARION...ANDERSON AND MUNCIE. THIS WATCH WILL REPLACE THE WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER FOR NORTH INDIANA. THAT WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 1035 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND THROUGH ROCHESTER TO NEAR LOGANSPORT AND KOKOMO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD FORT WAYNE...MARION AND MUNCIE. SEVERE WEATHER HAS OCCURED WITH SOME OF THOSE STORMS. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
INZ005>009-016>018-023>027-031>034-038-040>042-080800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1040 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA... THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST AND COVERS INDIANA EAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO 10 MILES EAST OF FRANKFORT AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF FRANKFORT TO 10 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE FORT WAYNE...WABASH... PERU...MARION...ANDERSON AND MUNCIE. THIS WATCH WILL REPLACE THE WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER FOR NORTH INDIANA. THAT WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 1035 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND THROUGH ROCHESTER TO NEAR LOGANSPORT AND KOKOMO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD FORT WAYNE...MARION AND MUNCIE. SEVERE WEATHER HAS OCCURED WITH SOME OF THOSE STORMS. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:58 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
INZ005>009-016>018-023>027-031>034-038-040>042-080700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1258 AM EST THU JUN 8 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS INDIANA OVERNIGHT. AT 1255 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF NORTHEAST INDIANA. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. TMA
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:02 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
INZ005>009-016>018-023>027-031>034-038-040>042-080700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1258 AM EST THU JUN 8 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS INDIANA OVERNIGHT. AT 1255 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF NORTHEAST INDIANA. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gallatin | 46 min |
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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.