Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1995, 8:58 PM CDT for Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1995, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 302 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 210159 RRA SVREVV ILC191-210230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 858 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 LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...WAYNE COUNTY AT 858 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING THROUGH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FAIRFIELD AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...TAKE COVER NOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 18 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 32 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 31 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 24 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 23 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, 36 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Richland | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wabash | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Wayne | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edwards | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | White | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gallatin | 30 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.