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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 23, 1995Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1995, 5:15 PM EST for Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1995, 5:15 PM EST (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1995, 5:45 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Shelby County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 1995-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 245 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 1995-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 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.

000 
WUUS1 KIND 232215 RRA
SVRIND
INC145-232245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
515 PM EST FRI JUN 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 515 PM EST RADAR INDIACTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF
SHLEBYVILLE...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE FLAT ROCK...AND MARIETTA.
 
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.
 
ELSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 11:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGibson35 min
Jun 23, 5:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion26 min
Jun 23, 5:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.