Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1995, 5:35 PM EST for Boone County, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1995, 5:35 PM EST (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1995, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boone County, IN, Montgomery County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 092233 RRA SVRIND INC011-107-092330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 535 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...BOONE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 530 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER TIPPECANOE AND BOONE COUNTIES MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MONTGOMERY AND BOONE COUNTIES BY 545 PM. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LINDEN...COLFAX...THORNTOWN AND LEBANON. SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN TIPPECANOE COUNTY WITH THESE STORMS. 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. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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, 2 hours 21 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, 2 hours 19 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
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:13 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
INZ019-028-035-036-043>046-051>054-060>063-067>071-076>078-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 415 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EST... SOME TOWNS AFFECTED BY THIS WATCH INCLUDE CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR AND MARTINSVILLE. AT 405 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS BETWEEN MARTINSVILLE AND BLOOMINGTON MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN ILLINOIS AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WATCH AREA. STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:15 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
INZ019-028-035-036-043>046-051>054-060>063-067>071-076>078-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 415 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EST... SOME TOWNS AFFECTED BY THIS WATCH INCLUDE CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR AND MARTINSVILLE. AT 405 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS BETWEEN MARTINSVILLE AND BLOOMINGTON MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN ILLINOIS AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WATCH AREA. STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:49 PM EST, 46 minutes before
INZ029-030-037-047-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 451 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA... AT 445 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE IN TIPPECANOE COUNTY AND EAST OF LEBANON IN NORTHEAST BOONE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THRU THE CITIES OF LAFAYETTE AND ZIONSVILLE BETWEEN 500 PM AND 6OO PM EST. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS vSHOULD MOVE INSIDE A SAFE SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:51 PM EST, 44 minutes before
INZ029-030-037-047-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 451 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA... AT 445 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE IN TIPPECANOE COUNTY AND EAST OF LEBANON IN NORTHEAST BOONE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THRU THE CITIES OF LAFAYETTE AND ZIONSVILLE BETWEEN 500 PM AND 6OO PM EST. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A SAFE SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe, Owen | 59 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.