Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1995, 3:22 PM EST for Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1995, 3:22 PM EST (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1995, 4:25 PM EST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 202026 RRA SVRIND INC139-065-202130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 322 PM EST TUE JUN 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...NORTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY AT 320 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF CONNERSVILLE. THIS STORM PRODUCED ONE INCH HAIL JUST NORTH OF CONNERSVILLE AT 315 PM EST. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY WEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD NEW CASTLE AND SPICELAND. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER 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. CT
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 20, 2:15 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
INZ057-065-202015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 215 PM EST TUE JUN 20 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER PARTS OF RUSH AND DECATUR COUNTIES BY 300 PM. THE STORMS WILL HAVE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL. AT 210 PM...THE STORMS WERE IN THE CONNERSVILLE AREA. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST TOWARD NEW SALEM. PEOPLE IN RUSH AND DECATUR COUNTIES SHOULD MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:17 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
INZ057-065-202015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 215 PM EST TUE JUN 20 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER PARTS OF RUSH AND DECATUR COUNTIES BY 300 PM. THE STORMS WILL HAVE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL. AT 210 PM...THE STORMS WERE IN THE CONNERSVILLE AREA. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST TOWARD NEW SALEM. PEOPLE IN RUSH AND DECATUR COUNTIES SHOULD MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:05 PM EST, 17 minutes before
INZ042-046>080-082-083-087-210200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 305 PM EST TUE JUN 20 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST. IN INDIANA THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THAT PORTION SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO 40 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND...EAST OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON ...SEYMOUR...MADISON...RICHMOND...JASPER...TERRE HAUTE...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. TMA
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:06 PM EST, 16 minutes before
INZ042-046>080-082-083-087-210200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 305 PM EST TUE JUN 20 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST. IN INDIANA THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THAT PORTION SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO 40 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND...EAST OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON ...SEYMOUR...MADISON...RICHMOND...JASPER...TERRE HAUTE...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 CONDITIOtNS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 53 min |
| Jun 20, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 5:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 53 min |
| Jun 20, 5:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 5:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 69 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.