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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 31, 1995Knox County, Pike County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1995, 1:59 PM EST for Knox County, Pike County, Indiana. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 1995, 1:59 PM EST (18:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 1995, 3:00 PM EST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Knox County, IN, Pike County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 327 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
327 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 311900 RRA
SVREVV
INC083-125-312000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
159 PM CDT (159 PM EST) MON JUL 31 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM CDT (300 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...KNOX COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY
 
AT 158 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES
NORTH OF EVANSVILLE AND JUST WEST OF PETERSBURG INDIANA, THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH AND WILL REACH MONROE
CITY BEFORE 230 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STROM TAKE COVERE
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.
 
ZIMMER

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 31, 10:29 AM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
INZ002>089-312100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1029 AM EST MON JUL 31 1995

...HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND ACROSS
SOUTHERN INDIANA TUESDAY...

TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE MIDDLE 90S THIS AFTERNOON. THE
TEMPERATURE COMBINED WITH THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT
INDICES BETWEEN 95 AND 105 DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA
TUESDAY. HEAT INDICES WILL AGAIN BE BETWEEN 95 AND 105. NORTH INDIANA
WILL NOT BE AS HOT TUESDAY.

PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT...OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE
HEAT...MAY CAUSE HEAT RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS. DECREASE THE HEAT
STRESS ON YOUR BODY BY DRINKING PLENTY OF WATER. TRY TO GET TO AREAS
OF SHADE OR AN AIR CONDITIONED AREA FREQUENTLY. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN
OR ANIMALS UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES.

TMA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 5:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSpencer47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.