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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 20, 1995White County, Illinois; Posey County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1995, 8:46 PM CDT for White County, Illinois; Posey County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1995, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties White County, IL, Posey County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 249 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 1995-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 864 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 1995-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
864 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 210147 RRA
SVREVV
ILC193-INC129-210230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
846 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
 
   ...WHITE COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...POSEY COUNTY
 
AT 846 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHERN POSEY COUNTY
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO
25 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREAS...TAKE COVER NOW.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
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

Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
640 PM EST TUE JUN 20 1995

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....

627 PM     SEELYVILLE                IN   50 TO 60 MPH WINDS
6/20/95    VIGO                           0.25 INCH HAIL
Local storm report, Jun 20, 7:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
727 PM EST TUE JUN 20 1995

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....

700 PM     FLATROCK                  IN   7-10 TREES AND POWER
6/20/95    SHELBY                         LINES BLOWN DOWN

703 PM     BLOOMINGTON               IN   TREES AND POWER LINES
6/20/95    MONROE                         BLOWN DOWN ON EAST SIDE
Local storm report, Jun 20, 7:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
727 PM EST TUE JUN 20 1995

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....

700 PM     FLATROCK                  IN   7-10 TREES AND POWER
6/20/95    SHELBY                         LINES BLOWN DOWN

703 PM     BLOOMINGTON               IN   TREES AND POWER LINES
6/20/95    MONROE                         BLOWN DOWN ON EAST SIDE
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
INZ042-046>089-210200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
735 PM EST TUE JUN 20 1995

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST.  IN EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA
THERE IS ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

AT 725 PM EST THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 20 TO 30
MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS AND ALSO ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF
TERRE HAUTE.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF
INDIANAPOLIS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD PERSISTED OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA EARLIER
THIS AFTERNOON WERE RAPIDLY WEAKENING.

ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH.
JEH
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
INZ042-046>089-210200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
735 PM EST TUE JUN 20 1995

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST.  IN EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA
THERE IS ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

AT 725 PM EST THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 20 TO 30
MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS AND ALSO ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF
TERRE HAUTE.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF
INDIANAPOLIS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD PERSISTED OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA EARLIER
THIS AFTERNOON WERE RAPIDLY WEAKENING.

ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH.
JEH
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 8:22 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
INZ042-046>089-210210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
822 PM EST TUE JUN 20 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL EXPIRE AS OF 900 PM EST.  THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL EXPIRE AT
MIDNIGHT.

AT 815 PM EST VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ABOUT 25 MILES
EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...JUST EAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...
AND ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS.

MEANWHILE OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED MAINLY OVER SOUTHWEST
INDIANA FROM NEAR VINCENNES TO MIDWAY BETWEEN EVANSVILLE AND
LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH.
JEH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence45 min
Jun 20, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRichland41 min
Jun 20, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWabash42 min
Jun 20, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJasper42 min
Jun 20, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Wayne29 min
Jun 20, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDEdwards29 min
Jun 20, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne32 min
Jun 21, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGallatin30 min
Jun 20, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe39 min
Jun 20, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGibson44 min
Jun 20, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSpencer41 min
Jun 21, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush61 min
Jun 21, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock60 min
Jun 21, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush66 min
Jun 21, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion47 min
Jun 21, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry59 min
Jun 21, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph56 min
Jun 21, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings40 min
Jun 21, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton60 min
Jun 21, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin44 min
Jun 21, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTipton61 min
Jun 21, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVermillion, Vigo45 min
Jun 21, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVanderburgh33 min
Jun 21, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone41 min
Jun 21, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward69 min
Jun 21, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton48 min
Jun 21, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan40 min
Jun 21, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPosey31 min
Jun 21, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami49 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.