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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 23, 1995Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1995, 5:49 PM EST for Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1995, 5:49 PM EST (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1995, 6:15 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1329 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
1329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1081 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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 
TTAA00 KIND 232250 RRA
SVRIND
INC121-165-232315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
549 PM EST FRI JUN 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...WESTERN PARKE COUNTY...VERMILLION COUNTY
 
AT 549 PM EST RADAR INDCIATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHEAST
OF TERRE HAUTE NEAR MONTEZUMA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 15
MPH...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH CLINTON AND NEWPORT BY 615 PM EST.
 
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.
 
ZIMMERMAN

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, 5:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby30 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.