Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 7:27 PM CDT for White County, Illinois; Posey County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1995, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1995, 8:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties White County, IL, Posey County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 100030 RRA SVREVV ILC193-INC129-100115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 727 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...NORTHERN POSEY COUNTY AT 725 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CARMI ILLINOIS...25 MILES WEST OF EVANSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN THE CARMI AREA...TAKE COVER NOW. 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 9, 6:28 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
INZ063>089-100600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 628 PM EST FRI JUN 9 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE EVANSVILLE VINCENNES JASPER BEDFORD COLUMBUS SEYMOUR SALEM JEFFERSONVILLE AND MADISON. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 620 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF EVANSVILLE. THEY WERE MOVING EAST. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:29 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
INZ063>089-100600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 628 PM EST FRI JUN 9 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE EVANSVILLE VINCENNES JASPER BEDFORD COLUMBUS SEYMOUR SALEM JEFFERSONVILLE AND MADISON. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 620 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUS6T NORTH OF EVANSVILLE. THEY WERE MOVING EAST. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Spencer | 42 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1995Severe 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.