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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1995, 8:04 PM CDT for Gallatin County, White County, Illinois. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1995, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gallatin County, IL, White County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 3366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1273 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 090106 TOREVV ILC059-193-090145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 804 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...GALLATIN COUNTY...SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY AT SHORTLY BEFORE 8 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF RIDGWAY ILLINOIS...35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE. THE TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RIDGWAY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY RlEINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. MM &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 8, 4:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
INZ001>092-090300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 450 PM EST THU JUN 08 1995 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE BLOOMINGTON...SEYMOUR...BEDFORD... NEW ALBANY...JASPER...EVANSVILLE...AND VINCENNES. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OR DETECTED IN THE SOUTHERN HALD OF THE HOOSIER STATE IN THE PAST HOUR. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS WELL TO THE WEST...WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BP
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
INZ002>089-090300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 550 PM EST THU JUN 08 1995 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE BLOOMINGTON...SEYMOUR...BEDFORD... NEW ALBANY...JASPER...EVANSVILLE...AND VINCENNES. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OR DETECTED IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE HOOSIER STATE IN THE PAST HOUR. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS WELL TO THE WEST...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EAST OF SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. BP
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 657 PM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... AT 645 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AROUND EVANSVILLE. THEY WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER SOUTH ILLINOIS. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AND SHOULD REACH SOUTHWEST INDIANA BETWEEN 800 AND 830 PM. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 657 PM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... AT 645 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AROUND EVANSVILLE. THEY WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER SOUTH ILLINOIS. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AND SHOULD REACH SOUTHWEST INDIANA BETWEEN 800 AND 830 PM. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:50 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 750 PM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... AT 745 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST EAST OF EVANSVILLE. THEY WERE MOVING EAST...JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER SOUTH ILLINOIS. THEY WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AND SHOULD REACH THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF INDIANA BETWEEN 800 AND 830 PM. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:53 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 750 PM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... AT 745 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST EAST OF EVANSVILLE. THEY WERE MOVING EAST...JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER SOUTH ILLINOIS. THEY WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AND SHOULD REACH* THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF INDIANA BETWEEN 800 AND 830 PM. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gallatin | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.