Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1995, 6:08 PM EST for Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1995, 6:08 PM EST (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1995, 6:44 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hendricks County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 092306 RRA SVRIND INC063-100000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 608 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...HENDRICKS COUNTY AT 605 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN HENDRICKS COUNTY...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...NEAR THE TOWN OF BROWNSBURG. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BROWNSBURG AND AVON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPAVRE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 54 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 52 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 55 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 53 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, 1 hour 19 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, 1 hour 17 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, 5:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 5:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 53 min |
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.