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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 26, 1995Miami County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1995, 6:52 PM EST for Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 1995, 6:52 PM EST (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 1995, 7:30 PM EST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Miami County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 184 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 262353 RRA
SVRIND
INC103-270030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
652 PM EST MON JUN 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...MIAMI COUNTY
 
AT 650 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOGANSPORT. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOWNS OF DENVER...DEEDSVILLE...AND
GILEAD BY 730 PM EST.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL.2..VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
SBH

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, 5 hours 37 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, 5 hours 35 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

Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:03 PM EST, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
605 PM EST FRI JUN 23 1995

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

555 PM     5 S KOKOMO                IN   0.88 INCH HAIL
6/26/95    HOWARD

Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:37 PM EST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
635 PM EST FRI JUN 23 1995

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

630 PM     5 SE KOKOMO               IN   0.88 INCH HAIL
6/26/95    HOWARD

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, 4:21 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

Nearby

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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.