Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 10:40 PM EST for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1995, 10:40 PM EST (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1995, 11:30 PM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dubois County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 1134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 100342 RRA SVREVV INC037-100430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 1040 PM CDT (1040 PM EST) SUN JUL 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT (1130 PM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...DUBOIS COUNTY AT 1036 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE NEAR ALFORDVILLE INDIANA MOVING SOUTH AT 23 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR IRELAND...HAYSVILLE AND JASPER INDIANA BY 1100 PM CDT. TAKE COVER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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. LAMBERTY
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, Jul 9, 5:24 PM EST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
INZ044-045-092315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 523 PM EST SUN JUL 9 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH PUTNAM AND EASTERN PARKE COUTNIES THROUGH 600 PM... AT 515 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF SHADES STATE PARK OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS RACOON LAKE STATE PARK AND THE TOWNS OF WAVELAND...MILLIGAN AND PORTLAND MILLS. THE STORMS SHOULD BE IN THESE AREAS BETWEEN 530 AND 615 PM. SE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 10:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 39 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.