Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1995, 7:06 PM EST for Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 1995, 7:06 PM EST (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1995, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Martin County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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
- 43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 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 090007 RRA SVREVV INC101-090100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 706 PM CDT (706 PM EST) TUE AUG 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT (800 PM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY AT 703 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MARTIN COUNTY...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOOGOOTEE. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAD PRODUCED A WIND GUST OF 50 MPH AS IT MOVED THROUGH ODEN INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTROM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...TAKE COVER NOW. 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. MM &
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, Aug 8, 6:59 PM EST, 7 minutes before
INZ021-028>032-035>040-043>048-051>056-060>064-070-071-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 659 PM EST TUE AUG 8 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DUMPING HEAVY RAINFALLL ON PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. JUST BEFORE 7 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE DRECNHING PARTS OF WESTERN INDIANA...MAINLY FROM WEST OF LAFAYETTE DOWN TO NEAR GREENCASTLE...SPENCER AND BLOOMFIELD. PERSONS IN OWEN AND MONROE COUNTIES SHOULD BE READY FOR STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING IN FROM THE WEST BETWEEN 700 PM AND 8 PM. PERSONS IN THE AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED FLOODING EARLY MONDAY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING...AND BE READY TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF NEEDED. HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT HULMAN REGIONAL AIRPORT JUST BEFORE 630 PM EST. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. NEVER TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS AND CROSS WATER FLOWING ACROSS THE ROAD. PONDING OF WATER AND TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW AREAS IS LIKELY IN PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA EARLY THIS EVENING. REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PBG WWUS30KHSV 0'-WWUS30 KHSV 090002 CCA p
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 7:02 PM EST, 4 minutes before
INZ021-028>032-035>040-043>048-051>056-060>064-070-071-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 659 PM EST TUE AUG 8 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DUMPING HEAVY RAINFALLL ON PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. JUST BEFORE 7 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE DRECNHING PARTS OF WESTERN INDIANA...MAINLY FROM WEST OF LAFAYETTE DOWN TO NEAR GREENCASTLE...SPENCER AND BLOOMFIELD. PERSONS IN OWEN AND MONROE COUNTIES SHOULD BE READY FOR STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING IN FROM THE WEST BETWEEN 700 PM AND 8 PM. PERSONS IN THE AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED FLOODING EARLY MONDAY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING...AND BE READY TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF NEEDED. HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT HULMAN REGIONAL AIRPORT JUST BEFORE 630 PM EST. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. NEVER TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS AND CROSS WATER FLOWING ACROSS THE ROAD. PONDING OF WATER AND TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW AREAS IS LIKELY IN PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA EARLY THIS EVENING. REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PBG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Morgan | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe, Owen | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 5:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 5:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 53 min |
| Aug 9, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 36 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.