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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 24, 1995Dubois County, Spencer County, Warrick County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1995, 3:22 PM EST for Dubois County, Spencer County, Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1995, 3:22 PM EST (20:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1995, 4:15 PM EST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dubois County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Warrick County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 229 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 290 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
290 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 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 KEVV 242023 RRA
SVREVV
INC037-147-173-242115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
322 PM CDT (322 PM EST) SAT JUN 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT (415 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN DUBOIS COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN SPENCER COUNTY
   ...NORTHEASTERN WARRICK COUNTY
 
AT 318 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER DALE
INDIANA...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVASNVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORMS WAS
REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN THE DALE AREA. THE STORM
WAS DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY SOUTH AT AROUND 5 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
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 7:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVermillion24 min
Jun 23, 7:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton29 min
Jun 23, 7:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion26 min
Jun 24, 3:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPike42 min

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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.