Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 12:32 PM EST for Hancock County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 12:32 PM EST (17:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 1:15 PM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hancock County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 151734 RRA SVRIND INC059-151815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1232 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 CENTRAL INDIANA ...HANCOCK COUNTY AT 1225 PM EST...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 30 MPH WINDS AT 30TH AND MITHOEFER IN EAST INDIANAPOLIS. IF YOU ARE IN HANCOCK COUNTY...BE PREPARED FOR LARGE HAIL AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR MOUNT COMFORT BEFORE 1 PM EST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. H & 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 41 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 38 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, 32 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 12:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 1:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 31 min |
| Jul 15, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 6:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 33 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.