Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1995, 2:03 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 89 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 1995, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 1995, 3:32 PM EDT
- In force
- 89 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Berrien County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 929 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSBN 151805 SVRSBN MIC021-151905- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 103 PM EST TUE AUG 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 305 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BERRIEN COUNTY AT 200 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF LAKESIDE OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND TO NEW BUFFALO OR 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...THREE OAKS...GLENDORA...GALIEN...BUCHANAN. 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. SPRIGGS
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 15, 11:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
INZ017-018-021>089-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1033 AM EST TUE AUG 15 1995 ...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON...AND IN SOUTHERN INDIANA THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO FORT WAYNE. A HEAT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF A VINCENNES TO MADISON LINE. HOT AND MUGGY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF INDIANA. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S OVER MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA... WITH MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S EXPECTED OVER FAR SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE. WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS REMAINING HIGH...THE HEAT INDEX WILL RISE INTO THE 105 TO 115 DEGREE RANGE. THE HEAT INDEX IS A MEASURE OF WHAT THE COMBINED HEAT AND HUMIDITY FEEL LIKE. ON WEDNESDAY IT WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HOT IN CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE...BUT THE SOUTH WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 90S. HEAT INDICES WILL AGAIN REACH FROM 105 TO 110 IN THE FAR SOUTH. PEOPLE WORKING OUTDOORS...THOSE LIVING IN PLACES WITH LITTLE VENTILATION...AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AS PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS MAY LEAD TO HEAT EXHAUSTION OR POSSIBLY HEAT STROKE. CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HEAT. FRIENDS...RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS SHOULD PERIODICALLY CHECK ON PEOPLE AT RISK. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN PARKED CARS. REDUCE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...WEAR LIGHT COLORED/LIGHT WEIGHT CLOTHES AND...IF POSSIBLE...SPEND MORE TIME IN AIR CONDITIONED OR WE\LL VENTILATED PLACES. BE SURE TO PROVIDE PETS WITH SHADE AND PLENTY OF WATER. ELSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Berrien, Cass | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 27 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.