Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1995, 9:09 PM EST for Greene County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 1995, 9:09 PM EST (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1995, 9:48 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greene County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KIND 090209 RRA SVRIND INC055-090300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 909 PM EST SAT APR 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...GREENE COUNTY AT 907 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...NORTH OF BLOOMFIELD. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH...TOWARDS THE TOWNS OF CALVERTVILLE...TULIP...RIDGEPORT...AND SOLSBURY. THIS STORM EARLIER PRODUCED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT JASONVILLE AT 850 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. ELSON &
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
Local storm report, Apr 8, 4:23 PM EST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 422 PM EST SAT APR 8 1
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 4:35 PM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
INZ044-045-049-052-053-057-060>065-070>072-082230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 435 PM EST SAT APR 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST... AT 430 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...AT WAYMANSVILLE...AAT 415 PM. HALF INCH HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...AT KIRKSVILLE...AT 430 PM. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND THE LINE WAS SINKING SLOWLY SOUTH TOWARD SEYMOUR. IF STORMS ARE NEAR YOU...STAY INDOORS OR MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THEY PASS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORMS. SLOW DOWN WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN. OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED AROUND SULLIVAN AND LINTON...AROUND GREENSBURG...AROUND GREENCASTLE AND AROUND NEW CASTLE. THEY WERE ALSO MOVING EAST. DS
Local storm report, Apr 8, 7:50 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
750 PM EST SAT APR 08 1995
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
529 EST RIVERTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 16 YEAR OLD BOY KILLED BY
4/8/95 BETWEEN ROCKVILLE AND LIGHTNING. PLAYING BASEBALL
ROSEDALE IN PARKE CNTY. IN THE OUTFIELD AND WAS
STANDING BY A FENCE.Special weather statement, Apr 8, 8:05 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
INZ056>059-061>066-068>080-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 805 PM EST SAT APR 8 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA EXPIRED AT 8 PM EST. ELSON
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 8:06 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
INZ056>059-061>066-068>080-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 805 PM EST SAT APR 8 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA EXPIRED AT 8 PM EST. ELSON
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 8:32 PM EST, 37 minutes before
INZ061-062-070-071-090230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 832 PM EST SAT APR 8 1995 AT 830 PM EST RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON NEAR JASONVILLE...EAST TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF SEYMOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...NEAR SOLSBURY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS THROUGH 930 PM EST. ELSON
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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.