Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1995, 2:31 PM EST for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1995, 2:31 PM EST (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1995, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 963 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 261934 RRA SVRIND INC095-262015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 231 PM EST MON JUN 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...MADISON COUNTY AT 225 PM GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA. THE STORM CONTAINING THE HAIL WAS LOCATED NEAR ALEXANDRIA AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE TOWN OF SUMMITVILLE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEZAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. CES &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:15 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
INZ001>092-270100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 115 PM EST MON JUN 26 1995 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA EAST OF A LINE FROM 12 MILES EAST OF MARION TO 15 MILES WEST OF MADISON...AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 12 MILES EAST OF MARION TO 45 MILES EAST OF MARION. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE MUNCIE...PORTLAND...NEW CASTLE ...RICHMOND...GREENSBURG...LAWRENCEBURG...AND MADISON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SBH
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:17 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
INZ022-261930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 115 PM EST MON JUN 26 1995 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER PORTIONS OF CASS COUNTY THROUGH 2 PM. PERSONS IN LAKE CICOTT...ROYAL CENTER...AND LOGANSPORT CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THESE STORMS PASS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. CES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 1:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 3:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 69 min |
| Jun 26, 4:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Madison | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 6:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 6:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 38 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.