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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 26, 1995Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1995, 3:47 PM EST for Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1995, 3:47 PM EST (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1995, 4:30 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Putnam County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 1995-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 901 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 1995-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
901 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 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 262050 RRA
SVRIND
INC133-262130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
347 PM EST MON JUN 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...PUTNAM COUNTY
 
AT 345 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MANHATTAN...OR AROUND 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENCASTLE. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. GREENCASTLE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
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.
 
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, 2 hours 32 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, 2 hours 30 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox40 min
Jun 26, 1:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass41 min
Jun 26, 2:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison44 min
Jun 26, 4:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush69 min
Jun 26, 4:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMadison6 hr
Jun 26, 6:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam54 min
Jun 26, 6:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass34 min
Jun 26, 6:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami38 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.