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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 8, 1995Warrick County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 7:31 PM CDT for Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Warrick County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 226 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3366 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1273 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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 KEVV 090034 RRA
SVREVV
INC173-090100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
731 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...WARRICK COUNTY
 
AT 728 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
WARRICK COUNTY. MOVMENT HAD SLOWED TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. LARGE AND
DAMAGING HAIL CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN
THE WARNED AREA...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
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.
 
MM
 
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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 8, 2:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
INDSPSIND
TTAA00 KIND DDHHMM
INZ040>042-048>050-056>059-064>066-071>075-077>080-082100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
211 PM EST THU JUN 8 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES THAT WERE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
INDIANA HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.  AS OF 210 PM EST NO WATCHES WERE
IN EFFECT ANYWHERE IN INDIANA.

ELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
INZ001>092-090300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
350 PM  EST THU JUN 08 1995

IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH
OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE BLOOMINGTON...SEYMOUR...BEDFORD...
NEW ALBANY...JASPER...EVANSVILLE...AND VINCENNES.

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.

ELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
INZ001>092-090300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
450 PM  EST THU JUN 08 1995

IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH
OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE BLOOMINGTON...SEYMOUR...BEDFORD...
NEW ALBANY...JASPER...EVANSVILLE...AND VINCENNES.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OR DETECTED IN THE SOUTHERN HALD OF
THE HOOSIER STATE IN THE PAST HOUR. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS
WELL TO THE WEST...WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN
AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.    BP
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
INZ002>089-090300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
550 PM  EST THU JUN 08 1995

IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH
OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE BLOOMINGTON...SEYMOUR...BEDFORD...
NEW ALBANY...JASPER...EVANSVILLE...AND VINCENNES.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OR DETECTED IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
THE HOOSIER STATE IN THE PAST HOUR. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS
WELL TO THE WEST...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EAST OF
SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN
AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.                                         BP
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:57 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
657 PM EST THU JUN 8 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST...

AT 645 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AROUND EVANSVILLE. THEY
WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER SOUTH
ILLINOIS. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AND SHOULD REACH SOUTHWEST INDIANA
BETWEEN 800 AND 830 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

DS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:59 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
657 PM EST THU JUN 8 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST...

AT 645 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AROUND EVANSVILLE. THEY
WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER SOUTH
ILLINOIS. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AND SHOULD REACH SOUTHWEST INDIANA
BETWEEN 800 AND 830 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

DS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDubois, Spencer41 min
Jun 8, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningINDSpencer, Warrick63 min
Jun 8, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningINDPerry45 min
Jun 8, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPosey, Vanderburgh59 min
Jun 8, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSpencer, Warrick63 min
Jun 8, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry63 min
Jun 9, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGibson, Vanderburgh46 min

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.