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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 21, 1995Perry County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 3:01 PM EST for Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 1995, 3:01 PM EST (20:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 1995, 4:00 PM EST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Perry County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 217 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 223 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
301 PM CDT (301 PM EST) WED JUN 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT (400 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...PERRY COUNTY
 
AT 259 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO
EASTERN PERRY COUNTY...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TELL CITY...OR 55 MILES
EAST OF EVANSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU
ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...TAKE COVER 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.
 
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 21, 10:20 AM EST, 4 hours 41 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 35 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, 51 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, 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....           ..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, 12 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, 11 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.

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, 2:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock	60 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, 3:19 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.