Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1995, 3:31 PM EST for Monroe County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1995, 3:31 PM EST (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1995, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Monroe County, IN, Owen County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 3029 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 092029 RRA SVRIND INC105-119-092130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 331 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...MONROE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...OWEN COUNTY ...AT 325 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER OWEN AND MONROE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A LINE FROM JORDAN TO SPENCER TO ELLETSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. LARGE HAIL OF 3/4 TO 1 INCH...STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. 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. LASHLEY
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 9, 3:14 PM EST, 17 minutes before
INZ053>055-062-063-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 316 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER OWEN COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN OWNEN COUNTY AND ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO MONROE AND SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. EXPECT STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROS~S THE AREA. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:16 PM EST, 15 minutes before
INZ053>055-062-063-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 316 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER OWEN COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN OWNEN COUNTY AND ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO MONROE AND SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. EXPECT STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. LASHLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 7:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Morgan | 24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.