Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 9:12 PM EST for Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1995, 9:12 PM EST (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1995, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Perry County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KEVV 090215 RRA SVREVV INC123-147-173-090315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 912 PM CDT (912 PM EST) THU JUN 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT (1015 PM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...SPENCER COUNTY...WARRICK COUNTY AT 908 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTH INDIANA. THIS STORM PRODUCED A WIND GUST OF 74 MPH AS IT MOVED OVER THE AIRPORT AT EVANSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ROCKPORT AND TELL CITY ARE IN THE PATH OF 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 &
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, 6:57 PM EST, 2 hours 15 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 EST, 2 hours 13 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 EST, 1 hour 22 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 EST, 1 hour 19 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, 8:50 PM EST, 22 minutes before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 850 PM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... AT 845 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE ALSO OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WERE MOVING EAST AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF INDIANA. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED OVER CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AT 845 PM EST...BUT ANYONE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TA
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:58 PM EST, 14 minutes before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 850 PM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... AT 845 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE ALSO OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WERE MOVING EAST AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BINDIANA. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED OVER CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AT 845 PM EST...BUT ANYONE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TA
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 EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Dubois, Spencer | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 7:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warrick | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 7:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Spencer, Warrick | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 8:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Perry | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 8:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Posey, Vanderburgh | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 9:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Spencer, Warrick | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson, Vanderburgh | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.