Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 8:46 PM CDT for Posey County, Vanderburgh County, Indiana; Henderson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1995, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1995, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Posey County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Henderson County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 4:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 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, 2 hours 57 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, 1 hour 49 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, 1 hour 47 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, 7:50 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 750 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 745 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST EAST OF EVANSVILLE. THEY WERE MOVING EAST...JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER SOUTH ILLINOIS. THEY WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AND SHOULD REACH THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 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, 7:53 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 750 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 745 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST EAST OF EVANSVILLE. THEY WERE MOVING EAST...JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER SOUTH ILLINOIS. THEY WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AND SHOULD REACH* THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Dubois, Spencer | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warrick | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Spencer, Warrick | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Perry | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Spencer, Warrick | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Perry | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson, Vanderburgh | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union, Webster | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Grayson | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Barren, Edmonson, Hart | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gallatin | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Gallatin, White | 41 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.