Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 5:27 PM EST for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 5:27 PM EST (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 3126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 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 152231 RRA SVRIND INC157-152315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 527 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...TIPPECANOE COUNTY AT 527 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE LAFAYETTE AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA TAKE COVER NOW!!! 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. TMA
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, 3:10 PM EST, 2 hours 17 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
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:41 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
INZ021>023-029>032-035>049-051>057-060>065-152110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 341 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE EAST HALF OF INDIANA TIL 6 PM... AT 340 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG BUT WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON NEAR...AND WEST...OF LAKE MONROE. THIS STORM KNOCKED DOWN NUMEROUS WALNUT TREES 3 MILES EAST OF HARRODSBURG NEAR THE LAKE AT 321 PM EST. SEVERAL BOATERS HAVE BEEN INJURED BY THIS STORM. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OVER 2 INCHES AT THE SOUTH END OF THE LAKE MAY CAUSE SOME WATER PONDING ON INDIANA 37. BOATERS ON LAKE MONROE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW. CAVERS IN THE BLOOMINGTON AREA SHOULD ALSO AVOID THE CAVES DUE TO THE POSSIBLITY OF FLOODING. TUCEK
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:00 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
INZ002>089-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 400 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 600 PM EST EASTERN HALF... LATE THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH ALL BUT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE BEING CAUSED BY EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR THAT WAS OVER THE STATE. THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR WAS IN THE EASTERN HALF OF INDIANA WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND VERY GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS WILL DECREASE IN STRENGTH THIS EVENING AS THEY LOSE THE HEATING FROM THE SUN. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:01 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
INZ002>089-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 400 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 600 PM EST EASTERN HALF... LATE THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH ALL BUT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE BEING CAUSED BY EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR THAT WAS OVER THE STATE. THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR WAS IN THE EASTERN HALF OF INDIANA WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND VERY GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS WILL DECREASE IN STRENGTH THIS EVENING AS THEY LOSE THE HEATING FROM THE SUN. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:10 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
INZ002>089-161200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 412 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 ...ONE MORE HOT DAY IS IN STORE FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA... THE HOT AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA ON SUNDAY. MOIST AIR WILL CAUSE CLOUDS TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTH. THE CLOUD COVER WILL ONLY ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO INCREASE INTO THE LOWER 90S IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTH. PARTLY SUNNY SKIES IN THE SOUTH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO REACH THE MIDDLE 90S. WITH THE HIGH HUMIDITIES HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH TO AROUND 110 DEGREES. GOOD RELIEF WILL START TO MOVE INTO ALL OF INDIANA ON MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY REACH THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S ON MONDAY. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:12 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
INZ002>089-161200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 412 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 ...ONE MORE HOT DAY IS IN STORE FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA... THE HOT AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA ON SUNDAY. MOIST AIR WILL CAUSE CLOUDS TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTH. THE CLOUD COVER WILL ONLY ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO INCREASE INTO THE LOWER 90S IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTH. PARTLY SUNNY SKIES IN THE SOUTH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO REACH THE MIDDLE 90S. WITH THE HIGH HUMIDITIES HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH TO AROUND 110 DEGREES. GOOD RELIEF WILL START TO MOVE INTO ALL OF INDIANA ON MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY REACH THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S ON MONDAY. 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, 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, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 56 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.