Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 2:15 PM EST for Hancock County, Indiana. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1995, 2:15 PM EST (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1995, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hancock County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1337 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 211916 RRA SVRIND INC059-212015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 215 PM EST WED JUN 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY AT 215 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS IN...JUST SOUTH OF GREENFIELD. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE CARROLLTON AND NEW PALESTINE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 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. LINDS8EY
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 21, 10:00 AM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1000 AM EST WED JUN 21 1995
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
645 PM CAMP ATTERBURY IN THUNDERSTORM WINDS
06/20/95 JOHNSON MASONRY WALLS BEING BUILT
WERE BLOWN DOWN
DRTLocal storm report, Jun 21, 10:20 AM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1000 AM EST WED JUN 21 1995
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
645 PM CAMP ATTERBURY IN THUNDERSTORM WINDS
06/20/95 JOHNSON MASONRY WALLS BEING BUILT
WERE BLOWN DOWN
DRTSpecial weather statement, Jun 21, 12:26 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
INZ006>009-017-018-025>027-030>034-037>042-046>050-054>059-062>066- 070>080-084-089-211930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1225 PM EST WED JUN 21 1995 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE INDIANAPOLIS...MARION...RICHMOND ...SHELBYVILLE...COLUMBUS...GREENSBURG AND MUNCIE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF YOUNGSTOWN OHIO. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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. REPEATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. TA
Local storm report, Jun 21, 2:10 PM EST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
210 PM EST WED JUN 21 1995
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
145 PM 1 MILE WEST OF RUSHVILLE IN QUARTER SIZE HAIL
JUST SOUTH OF SR44
06/21/95 RUSH
TALocal storm report, Jun 21, 2:13 PM EST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
210 PM EST WED JUN 21 1995
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ..2.REMARKS...
145 PM 1 MILE WEST OF RUSHVILLE IN QUARTER SIZE HAIL
JUST SOUTH OF SR44
06/21/95 RUSH
TAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 8:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 8:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Spencer | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 8:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Posey | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 12:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 66 min |
| Jun 21, 2:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 3:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Perry | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 4:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vermillion, Vigo | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 4:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vanderburgh | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 5:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 5:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 69 min |
| Jun 21, 5:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 5:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 5:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Posey | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 5:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.