Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 8:03 PM EST for Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1995, 8:03 PM EST (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1995, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Daviess County, IN, Martin County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 664 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1105 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 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 KEVV 170104 RRA SVREVV INC027-101-170200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 803 PM CDT (803 PM EST) SUN JUL 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT (900 PM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...DAVIESS COUNTY...MARTIN COUNTY AT 758 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE NEAR WASHINGTON INDIANA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH MONTGOMERY BY 815 PM CDT...AND LOOGOOTEE BY 830 PM CDT...IF YOU RE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. ZIMMER
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, 4:20 PM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
INZ021>023-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-070>072-162230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 420 PM EST SUN JUL 16 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF INDIANA EXCEPT LAKE COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... AT 420 PM EST RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF INDIANA. IN CENTRAL INDIANA THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM ROUGHLY TERRE HAUTE TO MUNCIE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN CENTRAL INDIANA WERE BETWEEN FRANKLIN AND SHELBYVILLE...ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:21 PM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
INZ021>023-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-070>072-162230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 420 PM EST SUN JUL 16 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF INDIANA EXCEPT LAKE COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... AT 420 PM EST RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF INDIANA. IN CENTRAL INDIANA THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM ROUGHLY TERRE HAUTE TO MUNCIE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN CENTRAL INDIANA WERE BETWEEN FRANKLIN AND SHELBYVILLE...ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THE `STRONGEST STORMS. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:00 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
INZ002>089-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 602 PM EST SUN JUL 16 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST FOR ALL OF INDIANA EXCEPT LAKE COUNTY... AT 600 PM EST RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL PARTS OF INDIANA. ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ISOLATED. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN CENTRAL INDIANA WERE JUST TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF LOGPANSPORT...AND NORTH OF MARTINSVILLE...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:02 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
INZ002>089-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 602 PM EST SUN JUL 16 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST FOR ALL OF INDIANA EXCEPT LAKE COUNTY... AT 600 PM EST RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL PARTS OF INDIANA. ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ISOLATED. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN CENTRAL INDIANA WERE JUST TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF LOGANSPORT...AND NORTH OF MARTINSVILLE...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:35 PM EST, 28 minutes before
INZ002>089-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 735 PM EST SUN JUL 16 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. IN EXTREME NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH BUT THEY WILL NOT BECOME SEVERE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTION OF NORTHERN INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF GARY TO 20 SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. IT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL INDIANA. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:36 PM EST, 27 minutes before
INZ002>089-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 735 PM EST SUN JUL 16 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. IN EXTREME NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH BUT THEY WILL NOT BECOME SEVERE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTION OF NORTHERN INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF GARY TO 20 SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. IT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10V MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL INDIANA. HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 9:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pike | 29 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.