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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 10, 1995Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 7:05 AM EST for Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1995, 7:05 AM EST (12:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1995, 7:30 AM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Vermillion County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 101206 RRA
SVRIND
INC165-101230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
705 AM EST MON APR 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY
 
AT 7 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
SOUTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL
PASS ACROSS THE TOWNS OF PERRYSVILLE AND RILEYSBURG. THE STORM WILL
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.
 
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.
 
SBH

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, Apr 10, 3:18 AM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
INZ011-013-020>022-029-030-036-037-045-046-100915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
320 AM EST MON APR 10 1995

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LAFAYETTE TO
LEBANON AREA BY 400 AM EST. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH. PERSONS DRIVING ALONG
INTERSTATE 65 TO THE NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL ONLY LAST NO LONGER THAN 20 MINUTES.

HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 3:20 AM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
INZ011-013-020>022-029-030-036-037-045-046-100915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
320 AM EST MON APR 10 1995

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LAFAYETTE TO
LEBANON AREA BY 400 AM EST. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH. PERSONS DRIVING ALONG
INTERSTATE 65 TO THE NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL ONLY LAST NO LONGER THAN 20 MINUTES.

HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:35 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
INZ002>018-023>027-101300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
536 AM EST MON APR 10 1995

A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURING IN NORTHERN INDIANA EARLY
THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN...RAIN AND SLEET WAS ACCUMULATING IN THE
NORTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA. THE FREEZING RAIN WAS MAINLY ACCUMULATING
ON STAIRWAYS...SIDEWALKS AND SOME UNTRAVELED ROADS. THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN INDIANA MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL.

THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD END BY SUNRISE.

USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS OR TRAVELING IN NORTHERN INDIANA THIS
MORNING. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE. WEATHER
CONDITIONS THAT WOULD BE COMMON BOTH IN WINTER AND SPRING ARE
OCCURING.

HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:36 AM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
INZ002>018-023>027-101300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
536 AM EST MON APR 10 1995

A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURING IN NORTHERN INDIANA EARLY
THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN...RAIN AND SLEET WAS ACCUMULATING IN THE
NORTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA. THE FREEZING RAIN WAS MAINLY ACCUMULATING
ON STAIRWAYS...SIDEWALKS AND SOME UNTRAVELED ROADS. THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN INDIANA MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL.

THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD END BY SUNRISE.

USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS OR TRAVELING IN NORTHERN INDIANA THIS
MORNING. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE. WEATHER
CONDITIONS THAT WOULD BE COMMON BOTH IN WINTER AND SPRING ARE
OCCURING.

HAINES

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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.