Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 3:54 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1995, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1995, 4:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Berrien County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSBN 161954 RRA SVRSBN MIC021-162100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 254 PM EST (354 PM EDT) SUN JUL 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EST (500 PM EDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST LOWER PENINSULA ...BERRIEN COUNTY AT 350 PM EST/450 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF GALIEN MICHIGAN...25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA... THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE GALIEN...DAYTON...BUCHANAN AND BERRIEN SPRINGS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 16, 11:54 AM EDT, 4 hours before
INZ067>089-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1057 AM EST SUN JUL 16 1995 ...THE HOT AIR CONTINUES IN SOUTHERN INDIANA... THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA GET A SLIGHT BREAK FROM THE HEAT. THE SOUTHERN WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S IN THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA. THIS ALONG WITH HUMIDITIES ONLY DROPPING TO 45 TO 50 PERCENT WILL PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES TO AROUND 115. A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE MAY BRING SOME LOCALIZED RELIEF. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF INDIANA TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW COOLER AIR TO MOVE INTO ALL OF INDIANA ON MONDAY. IF YOU ARE DOING ANYTHING OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON TAKE PLENTY OF BREAKS. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...COLD WATER IS ABOUT THE BEST.~ MORE IDEAL WEATHER FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL MOVE IN ON MONDAY AND REMAIN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 11:57 AM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
INZ067>089-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1057 AM EST SUN JUL 16 1995 ...THE HOT AIR CONTINUES IN SOUTHERN INDIANA... THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA GET A SLIGHT BREAK FROM THE HEAT. THE SOUTHERN WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S IN THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA. THIS ALONG WITH HUMIDITIES ONLY DROPPING TO 45 TO 50 PERCENT WILL PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES TO AROUND 115. A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE MAY BRING SOME LOCALIZED RELIEF. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF INDIANA TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW COOLER AIR TO MOVE INTO ALL OF INDIANA ON MONDAY. IF YOU ARE DOING ANYTHING OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON TAKE PLENTY OF BREAKS. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...COLD WATER IS ABOUT THE BEST. MORE IDEAL WEATHER FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL MOVE IN ON MONDAY AND REMAIN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:06 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
INZ001>092-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 205 PM EST SUN JUL 16 1995 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST AND INCLUDES ALL OF INDIANA EXCEPT FOR LAKE COUNTY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE INDIANAPOLIS...SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE... TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...EVANSVILLE...LAFAYETTE AND RICHMOND. 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, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Cass | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Berrien | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Berrien | 48 min |
| Jul 16, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 57 min |
Nearby
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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.