Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1995, 3:06 PM EST for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1995, 3:06 PM EST (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1995, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Knox County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 222006 RRA SVREVV INC027-083-101-222045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 306 PM CDT (306 PM EST) SAT JUL 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT (345 PM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...DAVIESS COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY...MARTIN COUNTY AT 301 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN KNOX COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED IN THE VINCENNES INDIANA AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM 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. BLOCK
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 22, 12:50 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
INZ001>092-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1250 PM EST SAT JUL 22 1995 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND...TO INDIANAPOLIS...TO 25 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE SOUTH BEND...LAFAYETTE... RENSSELAER...LOGANSPORT...BLOOMINGTON...TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES... AND EVANSVILLE. 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. SBH
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:53 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
INZ001>092-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1250 PM EST SAT JUL 22 1995 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND...TO INDIANAPOLIS...TO 25 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE SOUTH BEND...LAFAYETTE... RENSSELAER...LOGANSPORT...BLOOMINGTON...TERRE HAUTE...VINCENNES... AND EVANSVILLE. 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. SBH
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:58 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
INZ002>005-010>016-019>023-028>031-035>039-043>047-051>054-060>062- 067>069-081-082-085>087-222100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 158 PM EST SAT JUL 22 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST.. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AT 150 PM EST. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE TERRE HAUTE AREA AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. AT 150 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR GARY INDIANA...TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS...TO WEST OF EVANSVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. PEOPLE IN WESTERN INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. TAKE COVER IN A STRONG BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SBH
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:59 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
INZ002>005-010>016-019>023-028>031-035>039-043>047-051>054-060>062- 067>069-081-082-085>087-222100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 158 PM EST SAT JUL 22 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST.. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AT 150 PM EST. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE TERRE HAUTE AREA AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. AT 150 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR GARY INDIANA...TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS...TO WEST OF EVANSVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. PEOPLE IN WESTERN INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. TAKE COVER IN A STRONG BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY AWAY FRObM WINDOWS. REPORT WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SBH
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:05 PM EST, 1 minute before
INZ002>005-010>016-019>023-028>031-035>039-043>047-051>054-060>062- 067>069-081-082-085>087-222110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 305 PM EST SAT JUL 22 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF OF INDIANA... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 305 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM COVINGTON TO TERRE HAUTE TO VINCENNES THEN TO EVANSVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND EFFECT THE CITIES OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...GREENCASTLE AND SPENCER THROUGH 330 PM. STRONG WINDS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AS THE STORMS APPROACH. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:06 PM EST, 0 minutes before
INZ002>005-010>016-019>023-028>031-035>039-043>047-051>054-060>062- 067>069-081-082-085>087-222110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 305 PM EST SAT JUL 22 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF OF INDIANA... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 305 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM COVINGTON TO TERRE HAUTE TO VINCENNES THEN TO EVANSVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND EFFECT THE CITIES OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...GREENCASTLE AND SPENCER THROUGH 330 PM. STRONG WINDS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AS THE STORMS APPROACH. LASHLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson | 32 min |
| Jul 22, 3:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 3:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Dubois, Pike | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 4:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Perry | 36 min |
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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.