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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 4, 1995Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 8:42 PM EST for Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 8:42 PM EST (01:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 9:30 PM EST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dubois County, IN, Perry County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 233 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2346 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
2346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 050143 RRA
SVREVV
INC037-123-147-KYC091-085-050230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
842 PM CDT (842 PM EST) TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT (930 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...DUBOIS COUNTY...PERRY COUNTY...SPENCER COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...HANCOCK COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...GRAYSON COUNTY
 
AT 840 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LEITCHFIELD KENTUCKY...NORTHWEST TO HUNTINGBURG
INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE
WARNED AREA...TAKE COVER NOW.
 
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.
 
MM
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene32 min
Jul 4, 8:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSpencer26 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.