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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 9, 1995Fountain County, Montgomery County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 4:22 PM EST for Fountain County, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1995, 4:22 PM EST (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1995, 5:30 PM EST
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 1995-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 431 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 1995-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1081 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 092123 RRA
SVRIND
INC045-107-092230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
422 PM EST SUN JUL 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 420 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEWTOWN
...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE NEWTOWN...WINGATE AND
CRAWFORDSVILLE.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDINGd.  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.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.