Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1995, 2:08 PM EST for Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1995, 2:08 PM EST (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1995, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 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 KIND 231908 RRA SVRIND INC097-232000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 208 PM EST SUN JUL 23 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...MARION COUNTY AT 205 PM EST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY. STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DIME SIZED HAIL AND WINDS TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT PASSED THROUGH SOUTHERN HENDRICKS AND NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. 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. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. RPG &
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 23, 1:24 PM EST, 44 minutes before
INZ042-047>089-240000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 124 PM EST SUN JUL 23 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ABOUT THE SOUTH HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO WINCHESTER. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS... RICHMOND...VINCENNES...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS..EVANSVILLE...BEDFORD AND MADISON. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 115 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM FROM EAST OF MONTICELLO...TO INDIANAPOLIS TO SULLIVAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:25 PM EST, 43 minutes before
INZ042-047>089-240000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 124 PM EST SUN JUL 23 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ABOUT THE SOUTH HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO WINCHESTER. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS... RICHMOND...VINCENNES...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS..EVANSVILLE...BEDFORD AND MADISON. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 115 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM FROM EAST OF MONTICELLO...FTO INDIANAPOLIS TO SULLIVAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:08 PM EST, 0 minutes before
INZ015-016-023>026-032>034-038>042-047>050-053>059-061>089-232000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 208 PM EST SUN JUL 23 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS ABOUT THE SOUTH HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST... AT 200 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM AROUND ROCHESTER TO MARION... INDIANAPOLIS AND VINCENNES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND JUST NORTH OF WASHINGTON. A STRONG STORM WAS SOUTHEAST OF SEYMOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 1:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 4:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Dubois | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Perry, Spencer | 54 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.