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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 9, 1995Dubois County, Indiana

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1995-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1134 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 10:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess39 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.