Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1995, 2:10 PM EST for Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1995, 2:10 PM EST (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1995, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Martin County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 1457 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 231912 RRA SVREVV INC101-231945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 210 PM CDT (210 PM EST) SUN JUL 23 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT (245 PM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY AT 210 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN INDIANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...CRANE AND BURNS CITY. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD 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. CARICO &
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, 46 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, 45 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, 2 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
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:10 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, 2:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 52 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.