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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 23, 1995Johnson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1995, 5:51 PM EST for Johnson County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1995, 5:51 PM EST (22:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1995, 6:30 PM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Johnson County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 
TTAA00 KIND 232251 RRA
SVRIND
INC081-232330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
551 PM EST FRI JUN 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...JOHNSON COUNTY
 
AT 550 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF
FRANKLIN...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
INCLUDE FRANKLIN AND AMITY.
 
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.
 
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, 5:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby30 min
Jun 23, 5:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion26 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.