Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 12:44 AM CDT for Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1995, 12:44 AM CDT (05:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 2056 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 18.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 140546 SVREVV ILC191-140615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 1244 AM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...WAYNE COUNTY AT 1240 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WAYNE CITY ILLINOIS...60 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE. IT WAS MOIVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR FAIRFIELD BY 100 AM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR< NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. BLOCK
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, May 13, 9:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
INZALL-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 930 PM EST SAT MAY 13 1995 IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VALPARAISO TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONNERSVILLE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...RICHMOND... MUNCIE...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...WARSAW...AND VALPARAISO. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTE\N FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 9:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
INZALL-140900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 930 PM EST SAT MAY 13 1995 IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VALPARAISO TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONNERSVILLE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...RICHMOND... MUNCIE...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...WARSAW...AND VALPARAISO. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREAnTENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
INZALL-141000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1010 PM EST SAT MAY 13 1995 IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONNERSVILLE...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONNERSVILLE TO 30 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... EVANSVILLE...BEDFORD...BLOOMINGTON... SCOTTSBURG...COLUMBUS...AND LAWRENCEBURG. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELSON
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
INZALL-140600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1035 PM EST SAT MAY 13 1995 ...TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF INDIANA OVERNIGHT... TORNADO WATCHES COVER MOST OF INDIANA OVERNIGHT. ONE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 4 AM EST AND THE OTHER TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 5 AM EST. AT 1030 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PER"SONS ACROSS INDIANA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. . TMA
Special weather statement, May 14, 12:36 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
INZALL-141000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1235 AM EST SUN MAY 14 1995 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 4 AM EST. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 5 AM EST. THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS...TO WARSAW. A LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR TERRE HAUTE NORTHEAST THROUGH HARTFORD CITY...NORTH OF MUNCIE. STORMS WERE ALSO OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA. ELSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gallatin | 33 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.