Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 6:52 PM EST for Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 6:52 PM EST (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 7:55 PM EST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cass County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 2755 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSBN 152354 RRA SVRSBN MIC027-149-160055- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 652 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 855 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ...SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY MICHIGAN ...ST JOSEPH COUNTY MICHIGAN AT 750 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM JONES OR 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST FROM KALAMAZOO TO UNION OR 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...COREY...THREE RIVERS...MOTTVILLE...CONSTANTINE...AND WHITE PIGEON. 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. SPRIGGS
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, 4:00 PM EST, 2 hours 52 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, 2 hours 51 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, 2 hours 42 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, 2 hours 40 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, 6:27 PM EST, 25 minutes before
INZ006>009-016>018-024>027-032>034-038>042-047>050-055>059-064>066- 071>075-077>080-160030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 630 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EASTERN INDIANA HAS EXPIRED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR EASTERN INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 625 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR FORT WAYNE TO LAFAYETTE TO NEAR DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED WITHIN THIS LINE WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT( LIGHTNING. TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA THIS EVENING. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND LESS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST. TMA
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:30 PM EST, 22 minutes before
INZ006>009-016>018-024>027-032>034-038>042-047>050-055>059-064>066- 071>075-077>080-160030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 630 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EASTERN INDIANA HAS EXPIRED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR EASTERN INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 625 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR FORT WAYNE TO LAFAYETTE TO NEAR DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED WITHIN THIS LINE WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA THIS EVENING. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND LESS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST. TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 6:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 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.