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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 9, 1995Spencer County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1995, 7:52 PM CDT for Spencer County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 1995, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Spencer County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1908 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 100053 RRA
SVREVV
INC147-173-KYC101-225-100145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
752 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...SPENCER COUNTY...WARRICK COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...HENDERSON COUNTY...UNION COUNTY
 
AT 749 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NEAR NORRIS CITY TO CARMI ILLINOIS...EAST TO THE
EVANSVILLE AREA....THEN NORTHEAST TO NEAR DALE INDIANA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE WIND DAMAGE OVER POSEY
COUNTY...AND HAVE PRODUCED A WIND GUST OF 40 MPH AT THE AIRPORT IN
EVANSVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE
WARNED AREA...TAKE COVER NOW.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHxER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
MM
 
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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, 4:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 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 CDT, 3 hours 1 minute 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

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

INZ081>091-100400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
625 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR MUCH OF THE
NORTHWEST HALF OF INDIANA...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR INDIANA LOCATIONS
ROUGHLY WEST OF A CHICAGO TO INDIANAPOLIS TO LOUISVILLE LINE.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THESE WATCHES ARE CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE
HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...JASPER AND VINCENNES.

AT 620 PM EST...THUNDESTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH AREAS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH
TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH AND HAVE BEEN PRODUCING FLOODING RAINS
...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...BE SAFE AND GO TO REINFORCED SHELTER.
TUCEK

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

INZ081>091-100400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
625 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR MUCH OF THE
NORTHWEST HALF OF INDIANA...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR INDIANA LOCATIONS
ROUGHLY WEST OF A CHICAGO TO INDIANAPOLIS TO LOUISVILLE LINE.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THESE WATCHES ARE CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE
HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...JASPER AND VINCENNES.

AT 620 PM EST...THUNDESTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH AREAS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH
TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH AND HAVE BEEN PRODUCING FLOODING RAINS
...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...BE SAFE AND GO TO REINFORCED SHELTER.
TUCEK

Local storm report, Aug 9, 7:09 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
710 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....        ...REMARKS...

410 PM     GOSPORT                   IN   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/95   OWEN                           NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

415 PM     SPENCER                   IN   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/09/95   OWEN

515 PM     LAFAYETTE                 IN   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/95   TIPPECANOE                     SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR
                                          MCCUTCHEON HIGH SCHOOL

530 PM                               IN   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/95   TIPPECANOE                     SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
                                          COUNTY
DRT

Local storm report, Aug 9, 7:10 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
710 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....        ...REMARKS...

410 PM     GOSPORT                   IN   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/95   OWEN                           NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

415 PM     SPENCER                   IN   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/09/95   OWEN

515 PM     LAFAYETTE                 IN   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/95   TIPPECANOE                     SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR
                                          MCCUTCHEON HIGH SCHOOL

530 PM                               IN   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/95   TIPPECANOE                     SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
                                          COUNTY
DRT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Posey	47 min
Aug 9, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Vanderburgh	47 min
Aug 9, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Warrick	53 min

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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.