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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 15, 1995Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 12:30 PM EST for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1995, 12:30 PM EST (17:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1995, 1:15 PM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 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

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 75 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3335 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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 151726 RRA
SVRIND
INC135-151815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1230 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...RANDOLPH COUNTY
 
AT 1210 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES EAST OF
MUNCIE NEAR UNION CITY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STAIONARY.
 
AT 1211 PM EST...STATE POLICE REPORTED POWER LINES DOWNED BY THIS STORM
NEAR UNION CITY. IF YOU ARE IN RANDOLPH COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR
UNION CITY...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A REINFORCED BUILDING. T>ORRENTIAL RAINS
AND POSSIBLE FLOODING WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM AS WELL.
 
 
&
TUCEK

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 15, 10:51 AM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
INZ002>089-160000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1054 AM EST SAT JUL 15 1995

...ANOTHER SWELTERING DAY FOR INDIANA...

THE VERY HOT AND HUMID AIR THAT HAS BEEN OVER INDIANA THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS IS VERY SLOW TO LEAVE. THE OPPRESSIVE TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN OVER ALL OF INDIANA THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST PART OF THE
WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES WILL REACH FROM THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 THROUGH THE
ENTIRE STATE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 120. A HEAT
ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON.

THERE WILL BE AN ABUNDANCE OF SUNSHINE THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS. DIRECT SUNSHINE CAN INCREASE HEAR INDEX VALUES 5 TO
15 DEGREES. TO MAKE THINGS EVEN WORSE WINDS WILL ONLY BE AT 5 TO 10
MILES AN HOUR.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE OHIO RIVER.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THROUGH THE REST OF INDIANA THIS
AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY LOWER TEMPERATURES SOME BUT THE
RAIN FROM THEM WILL INCREASE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH INDIANA TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING
SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR TO INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTH PORTIONS. THE HOT
AND HUMID AIR ALONG WITH A HEAT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN THE SOUTH ON
SUNDAY.

DELAY ANY YARD WORK OR OTHER OUTDOOR WORK UNTIL COOLER AIR ARRIVES IF
POSSIBLE. WATCH CHILDREN WHO ARE PLAYING FOR SIGNS OF HEAT STRESS.
CHILDREN OR ANIMALS SHOULD NOT BE LEFT IN CARS FOR ANY< LENGTH OF
TIME.

HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 10:54 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
INZ002>089-160000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1054 AM EST SAT JUL 15 1995

...ANOTHER SWELTERING DAY FOR INDIANA...

THE VERY HOT AND HUMID AIR THAT HAS BEEN OVER INDIANA THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS IS VERY SLOW TO LEAVE. THE OPPRESSIVE TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN OVER ALL OF INDIANA THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST PART OF THE
WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES WILL REACH FROM THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 THROUGH THE
ENTIRE STATE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 120. A HEAT
ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON.

THERE WILL BE AN ABUNDANCE OF SUNSHINE THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS. DIRECT SUNSHINE CAN INCREASE HEAR INDEX VALUES 5 TO
15 DEGREES. TO MAKE THINGS EVEN WORSE WINDS WILL ONLY BE AT 5 TO 10
MILES AN HOUR.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE OHIO RIVER.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THROUGH THE REST OF INDIANA THIS
AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY LOWER TEMPERATURES SOME BUT THE
RAIN FROM THEM WILL INCREASE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH INDIANA TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING
SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR TO INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTH PORTIONS. THE HOT
AND HUMID AIR ALONG WITH A HEAT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN THE SOUTH ON
SUNDAY.

DELAY ANY YARD WORK OR OTHER OUTDOOR WORK UNTIL COOLER AIR ARRIVES IF
POSSIBLE. WATCH CHILDREN WHO ARE PLAYING FOR SIGNS OF HEAT STRESS.
CHILDREN OR ANIMALS SHOULD NOT BE LEFT IN CARS FOR ANY LENGTH OF
TIME.

HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 12:00 PM EST, 30 minutes before
INZ001>092-152300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1158 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995

IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA EAST OF A LINE FROM CORYDON IN
HARRISON COUNTY TO WARSAW IN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE INDIANAPOLIS...FORT WAYNE...RICHMOND...
SHELBYVILLE...MUNCIE AND COLUMBUS.

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.
HAINES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 12:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock43 min
Jul 15, 1:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph31 min
Jul 15, 3:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings56 min
Jul 15, 5:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe48 min
Jul 15, 6:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll33 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.