Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 212, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 3:19 PM EST for Jackson County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 3:19 PM EST (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 152032 RRA SVRIND INC071-079-152115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 319 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA ...JENNINGS COUNTY AT 320 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SEYMOUR...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR REDDINGTON BY 330 PM...POSSIBLY REACHING NORTH VERNON BY 420 PM EST. IF YOU ARE LOCATED BETTWEEN SEYMOUR AND NORTH VERNON...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AMND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. DAMAGING WINDS AND FLOODING RAIN ARE ALOS POSSIBLE. 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, 1:07 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
INZ042-047-048-151900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 107 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR RANDOLPH AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM EST. THERE HAVE NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS. AT 1PM EST THE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR WINCHESTER OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND AND NEAR MOUNT COMFORT OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENFIELD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND ARE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTCENTRAL OHIO AND JUST NORTH OF GREENFIELD BY 130 PM EST. CT
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 1:08 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
INZ042-047-048-151900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 107 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR RANDOLPH AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM EST. THERE HAVE NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS. AT 1PM EST THE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR WINCHESTER OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND AND NEAR MOUNT COMFORT OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENFIELD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND ARE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTCENTRAL OHIO AND JUST NORTH OF GREENFIELD BY 130 PM EST. CT
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:05 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
INZ021-023-024-028>032-035>049-051>057-060>064-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 205 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EAST HALF OF INDIANA TIL 6 PM... AT 155 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS IN NORTHWEST SHELBY COUNTY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS IN EAST RUSH COUNTY. AND FINALLY...STRONG STORMS WERE JUST EAST OF TERRE HAUTE NEAR BRAZIL. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THEY WILL DRIFT SOUTHEAST AND PRODUCE POTENTIALLY FLOODING RAINFALL. STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. TUCEK
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:31 PM EST, 48 minutes before
INZ030>032-035>049-051>057-060>065-070-071-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 231 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE EAST HALF OF INDIANA TIL 6 PM... AT 225 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON NEAR LAKE MONROE. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 10 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON NEAR NASHVILLE IN BROWN COUNTY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE IN EASTERN INDIANA NEAR RICHMOND. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THEY WILL DRIFT EAST TO SOUTHEAST AND PRODUCE POTENTIALLY FLOODING RAINFALL DUE TO THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT. STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. BOATERS SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE WHEN THUNDER IS HEARD. DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BLINDING RAINS. TUCEK
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:32 PM EST, 47 minutes before
INZ030>032-035>049-051>057-060>065-070-071-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 231 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE EAST HALF OF INDIANA TIL 6 PM... AT 225 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON NEAR LAKE MONROE. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 10 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON NEAR NASHVILLE IN BROWN COUNTY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE IN EASTERN INDIANA NEAR RICHMOND. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THEY WILL DRIFT EAST TO SOUTHEAST AND PRODUCE POTENTIALLY FLOODING RAINFALL DUE TO THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT. STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. BOATERS SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE WHEN THUNDER IS HEARD. DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BLINDING RAINS. TUCEK
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:10 PM EST, 9 minutes before
INZ021>023-029>032-035>049-051>057-060>065-070-071-152040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 310 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE EAST HALF OF INDIANA TIL 6 PM... AT 305 PM EST...RADAR STILL INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON NEAR...AND WEST...OF LAKE MONROE. THIS STORM PRODUCED 40 MPH WINDS THAT DETACHED SOME DOCKS AT THE LAKE. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES AT THE SOUTH END OF LAKE MONROE WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME WATER PONDING ON INDIANA 37. INDIANA DNR ALSO REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE ALONG AND NEAR INTERSTATE 65 FROM NORTH OF COLUMBUS DOWN TO NEAR SEYMOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THEY WILL DRIFT EAST TO SOUTHEAST AND PRODUCE POTENTIALLY FLOODING RAINFALL DUE TO THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT. STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. TUCEK
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, 12:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 1:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 31 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.