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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 21, 1995Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 2:58 PM EST for Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1995, 2:58 PM EST (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1995, 3:45 PM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 291 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

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INC097-212045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
258 PM EST WED JUN 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY
 
AT 257 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST MARION COUNTY NEAR WANAMAKER AND ACTON. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH AND WILL PASS ACROSS SOUTHERN
MARION COUNTY.
 
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.
 
LINDSEY

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, 10:20 AM EST, 4 hours 38 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

DRT
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 12:26 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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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, 48 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

TA
Local storm report, Jun 21, 2:13 PM EST, 45 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

TA
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:49 PM EST, 9 minutes before
INZ011-019>023-028>031-035>039-043>047-051>055-060>064-067>071-076-
077-081>089-212100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
249 PM EST WED JUN 21 1995

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST...

IN INDIANA THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA EXTENDS SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE INDIANA TO KOKOMO AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM KOKOMO TO INDIANAPOLIS TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE
BEDFORD...BLOOMINGTON...COVINGTON...EVANSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE
AND TELL CITY.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDESTORM 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.

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:50 PM EST, 8 minutes before
INZ011-019>023-028>031-035>039-043>047-051>055-060>064-067>071-076-
077-081>089-212100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
249 PM EST WED JUN 21 1995

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST...

IN INDIANA THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA EXTENDS SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE INDIANA TO KOKOMO AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM KOKOMO TO INDIANAPOLIS TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE
BEDFORD...BLOOMINGTON...COVINGTON...EVANSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE
AND TELL CITY.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDESTORM 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.

TA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe39 min
Jun 20, 7:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox45 min
Jun 20, 8:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGibson44 min
Jun 20, 8:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSpencer41 min
Jun 20, 8:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPosey44 min
Jun 21, 12:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush61 min
Jun 21, 2:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock60 min
Jun 21, 2:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush66 min
Jun 21, 3:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry59 min
Jun 21, 3:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph56 min
Jun 21, 4:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings40 min
Jun 21, 4:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton60 min
Jun 21, 4:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin44 min
Jun 21, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTipton61 min
Jun 21, 4:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVermillion, Vigo45 min
Jun 21, 4:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVanderburgh33 min
Jun 21, 5:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone41 min
Jun 21, 5:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward69 min
Jun 21, 5:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton48 min
Jun 21, 5:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan40 min
Jun 21, 5:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPosey31 min
Jun 21, 5:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami49 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.