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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 16, 1995Wabash County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 8:06 AM CDT for Wabash County, Illinois. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 8:06 AM CDT (13:06 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Wabash County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-362 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 161307
SVREVV
ILC047-185-191-193-161415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
806 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
 
   ...EDWARDS COUNTY...WABASH COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY...WHITE COUNTY
 
AT 803 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR WAS DETECTING A LINE OF STRONG STORMS MOVING
THROUGH WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY AND HAMILTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE OVER THE
TOWNS OF ENFIELD AND NORIS CITY BY 830 AND NEAR THE WABASH RIVER BY 900
AM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58
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.
 
 
SLEIGHTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 8:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDEdwards, Wayne, White69 min
May 16, 9:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGallatin67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 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.