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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1995, 10:58 PM EST for Cass County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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 13, 1995, 10:58 PM EST (03:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 11:30 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cass County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 11:13 PM EST | Tornado F1 | Leases Corner, IN | Brief tornado touchdown resulted in one house and one mobile home being destroyed. Four other homes were damaged. The tornado lifted near the town of Metea. Numerous trees and power lines were downed also. |
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 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 2056 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 18.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 140401 TORIND INC017-140430- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1058 PM EST SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...NORTHERN CASS COUNTY AT 1057 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF LOGANSPORT NEAR BURNETTSVILLE. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH ROYAL CENTER BEFORE 1130 PM EST. PEOPLE IN AND AROUND ROYAL CENTER SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW! IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR rPIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. ZIMMERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 10:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Cass | 55 min |
| May 13, 11:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 39 min |
| May 13, 11:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard, Miami | 54 min |
| May 13, 11:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 60 min |
| May 13, 11:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton | 44 min |
| May 13, 11:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Tipton | 49 min |
| May 14, 12:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone | 37 min |
| May 14, 12:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 63 min |
| May 14, 12:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 63 min |
| May 14, 12:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 57 min |
| May 14, 12:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 57 min |
| May 14, 12:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton | 54 min |
| May 14, 12:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 51 min |
| May 14, 12:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock | 48 min |
| May 14, 1:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 55 min |
| May 14, 1:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 33 min |
| May 14, 1:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 42 min |
| May 14, 1:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 42 min |
| May 14, 1:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 52 min |
| May 14, 3:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Vanderburgh | 66 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.