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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 3:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL, Wabash County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Mt Carmel, IL | A brief tornado touchdown produced minor damage to three homes just north of Mt. Carmel along Highway 1. Elsewhere across the county several trees and power lines were blown down by straight- * Wayne County Fairfield,24,1345CST,,,0,0,1K,0,Hail (0.75) |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 181945 SVREVV ILC033-047-101-159-185-182045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 245 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...CRAWFORD COUNTY...EDWARDS COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY ...RICHLAND COUNTY...WABASH COUNTY AT 245 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF EDWARDS....RICHLAND AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. MT CARMEL...LAWRENCEVILLE AND ROBINSON ILLINOIS ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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. MM
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, 2 hours 1 minute 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
Local storm report, May 18, 2:38 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
237 PM EST THU MAY 18 1995
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
EXAMPLES:
0215 PM 10 MI EAST OF DANVILLE IN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO
05/18/95 VERMILLION REPORTED BY PUBLIC
AT HIGHWAY 63 AND I-74
INTERSECTIONLocal storm report, May 18, 2:44 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
237 PM EST THU MAY 18 1995
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
0215 PM 10 MI EAST OF DANVILLE IN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO
05/18/95 VERMILLION REPORTED BY PUBLIC
AT HIGHWAY 63 AND I-74
INTERSECTIONThe 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, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Wayne | 40 min |
| May 18, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edwards | 48 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.