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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 25, 1995Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1995, 12:00 PM EST for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1995, 12:00 PM EST (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1995, 12:45 PM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Knox County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 1995-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 644 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 1995-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 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
644 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-34 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 251701 RRA
SVREVV
INC083-251745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
NOON CDT(NOON EST) SUN JUN 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT (1245 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...KNOX COUNTY
 
AT 1155 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER VINCENNES
INDIANA. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WASMOVING SLOW TO THE NORTH
AT ABOUT 5 MPH.
 
 
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.
 
LAMBERTY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen38 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.