Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1995, 4:28 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1995, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1995, 5:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Berrien County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 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
- 344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSBN 222028 RRA SVRSBN MIC021-222115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 328 PM EST SAT JUL 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ...BERRIEN COUNTY MICHIGAN AT 425 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NILES OR 14 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BERRIEN SPRINGS...EAU CLAIRE...BERRIEN CENTER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCEVSS 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 22, 1:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 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, 2:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 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, 2:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 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, 4:05 PM EDT, 23 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
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:06 PM EDT, 22 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
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:15 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
INZ001>092-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 315 PM EST SAT JUL 22 1995 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA EAST 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 FORT WAYNE...MUNCIE...MARION.... SHELBYVILLE...COLUMBUS...RICHMOND...LAWRENCEBURG...AND MADISON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PART OF INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Berrien | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 25 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.