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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 18, 1995Clinton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 3:14 PM EST for Clinton County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 3:14 PM EST (20:14 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 4:00 PM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Clinton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 256 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 182023
TORIND
INC023-182100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
314 PM EST THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...CLINTON COUNTY
 
AT 320 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO WEST OF
FRANKFORT AND SOUTH OF MULBERRY.
 
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE JEFFERSON...FRANKFORT AND
MICHIGANTOWN.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR 8ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
DUBICKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 1:33 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDGreene, Sullivan6 hr
May 18, 1:33 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDLawrence6 hr
May 18, 2:15 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick4 hr
May 18, 2:15 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDubois, Perry4 hr
May 18, 2:15 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess4 hr
May 18, 2:23 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDSpencer4 hr
May 18, 2:44 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJackson6 hr
May 18, 4:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings4 hr
May 18, 3:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBrown, Monroe4 hr
May 18, 3:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo4 hr
May 18, 3:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDOwen4 hr
May 18, 3:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Pike54 min
May 18, 3:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan, Putnam3 hr
May 18, 3:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion3 hr
May 18, 3:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Johnson3 hr
May 18, 3:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton3 hr
May 18, 3:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Randolph3 hr
May 18, 3:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDecatur, Hancock, Rush, Shelby3 hr
May 18, 3:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMadison3 hr
May 18, 3:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJackson, Jennings, Lawrence3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.