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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 28, 1995Jackson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1995, 10:10 PM EST for Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 22 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 10:10 PM EST (03:10 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1995, 10:32 PM EST
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 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

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1984 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1984 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
8.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 290311
TORIND
INC071-290345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1010 PM EST SUN MAY 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 1005 PM EST SEYMOUR CITY POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN JUST TO
THE WEST OF SEYMOUR.  PERSONS IN THE SEYMjOUR AREA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
JEH
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Jennings38 min
May 28, 9:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings47 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.