Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 2:05 PM CDT for Clay County, Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, IL, Wayne County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 181906 SVREVV ILC025-191-181945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 205 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...CLAY COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CLAY AND WAYNE COUNTIES AT 205 PM CDT. DAMAGING WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR FLORA AND WAYNE CITYBUY 220 PM CDT AND FAIRFIELD BY 230 PM CDT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. 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 18, 12:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
INZ067-081-082-085>088-190000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1243 PM EST THU MAY 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 7 PM EST/CDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 7 PM EST/CDT. THE WATCH IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO TELL CITY. SOME CITIES INCLUDE IN THE WATCH ARE... EVANSVILLE...VINCENNES...NEW HARMONY...BOONVILLE...PETERSBURG. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER ILLINOIS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. MES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne, White | 35 min |
| May 18, 2:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Wabash, White | 4 hr |
| May 18, 2:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Richland | 4 hr |
| May 18, 2:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Edwards | 4 hr |
| May 18, 2:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Gallatin | 4 hr |
| May 18, 2:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Wayne | 4 hr |
| May 18, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Crawford, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash | 48 min |
| May 18, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edwards | 48 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.