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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 27, 1995Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 10:48 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1995, 10:48 PM EDT (02:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1995, 11:35 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Berrien County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1408 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1995-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1408 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSBN 280249 RRA
SVRSBN
MIC021-280335-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
948 PM EST THU JUL 27 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1135 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN

   ...BERRIEN COUNTY MICHIGAN
 
AT 1045 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM 5
MILES WEST OF BENTON HARBOR OR 28 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND
TO 3 MILES WEST OF SAWYER OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND.  GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BENTON HARBOR...ST JOSEPH...SAWYER...BRIDGMAN...
AND BARODA.
 
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.

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 27, 6:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
INZ001>092-280500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
551 PM EST THU JUL 27 1995

IN INDIANA...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST...AND
INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM RENSSELAER TO
LAPORTE /20 MILES WEST OF SOUTH BEND/.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE GARY...VALPARAISO AND RENSSELAER.

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.

ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 8:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
INZ002-003-010-011-280300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
754 PM EST THU JUL 27 1995

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHWEST INDIANA
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT/EST...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SOME REPORTS OF TORNADOES...HAVE
BEEN MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA AFTER 830 PM
CDT/EST.

SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO
EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA.

BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION...OR SEVERE WEATHER
MOVES INTO YOUR LOCATION.

ZIMMERMAN

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.