Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1995, 4:21 PM EST for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1995, 4:21 PM EST (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1995, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 262122 RRA SVRIND INC139-262230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 421 PM EST MON JUN 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...RUSH COUNTY AT 420 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RICHLAND...NEW SALEM AND RUSHVILLE. 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. 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, 3 hours 6 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, 3 hours 4 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, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 3:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.