Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 4:05 PM EST for Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1995, 4:05 PM EST (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1995, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jennings County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 212106 RRA SVRIND INC079-212145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 405 PM EST WED JUN 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA ...JENNINGS COUNTY AT 4 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEYMOUR MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LOVETT AND COMMISKEY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DRT
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
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:29 PM EST, 36 minutes before
INZ039-040-047>049-055>057-212100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 329 PM EST WED JUN 21 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY EXPIRED AT 315 PM EST... AT 320 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF HANCOCK COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH AND MAY STILL CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. PERSONS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL HANCOCK SHOULD BE ALERT TO FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...UNDER PASSES AND AREAS THAT FLOOD WHENEVER HEAVY RAIN OCCURS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK THROUGH OR DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. RPG
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:30 PM EST, 35 minutes before
INZ039-040-047>049-055>057-212100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 329 PM EST WED JUN 21 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY EXPIRED AT 315 PM EST... AT 320 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF HANCOCK COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH AND MAY STILL CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. PERSONS IN WESTERN xAND CENTRAL HANCOCK SHOULD BE ALERT TO FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...UNDER PASSES AND AREAS THAT FLOOD WHENEVER HEAVY RAIN OCCURS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK THROUGH OR DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. RPG
Local storm report, Jun 21, 3:35 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
335 PM EST WED JUN 21 1995
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
245 PM SOUTH OF GREENFIELD NEAR IN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
CR600 SOUTH
06/21/95 SOUTHERN HANCOCK
255 PM HANNA AVE NEAR SE SIDE OF INTERSTATE WIND GUST OF 55 MPH
06/21/95 MARION
310 PM 5 MILES NW OF WINCHESTER 1/2 TO 1 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 RANDOLPH
320 PM 21ST STREET AND ARLINGTON 7/8 INCH HAIL
06/21/95 MARIONLocal storm report, Jun 21, 3:38 PM EST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 335 PM EST WED JUN 21 1995 TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... .
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:47 PM EST, 18 minutes before
INZ037-039-046>048-054>056-212115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 347 PM EST WED JUN 21 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY EXPIRED AT 345 PM EST... AT 345 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE SOUTHERH HALF OF MARION COUNTY WITH THE STORMS MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATED THAT THESE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HALF. THESE STORMS WILL STILL CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. PERSONS IN MARION COUNTY AS WELL THE GREATER INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND ESPECIALLY UNDERPASSES THAT NORMALLY FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK THROUGH OR DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. RPG
Local storm report, Jun 21, 3:55 PM EST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 355 PM EST WED JUN 21 1995 TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS... 310 PM SOUTHPORT AT EMERSON IN 3 TO 4 INCH DIA TREES 06/21/95 MARION DOWN 323 PM 16TH STREET AT SPEEDWAY 3/4 INCH HAIL 06/21/95 MARION 330 PM 4300 IN SHADELAND 1 INCH HAIL 06/21/95 MARION 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, 3:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Perry | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 4:30 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.