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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 27, 1995Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1995, 4:10 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 2 hr.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1995, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Berrien County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 268 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 1995-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 662 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
662 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
543 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSBN 272046 RRA
TORSBN
MIC021-272115-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING ...REISSUED FOR UGC HEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
310 PM EST TUE JUN 27 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN

   ...BERRIEN COUNTY MICHIGAN

AT 407 PM EDT...A SPOTTER REPORT INDICATED A CONFIRMED SIGHTING OF A
TORNADO IN BENTON TOWNSHIP NEAR TERRITORIAL ROAD.

MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST.  COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH INCLUDE...BENTON
HEIGHTS.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED
AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

SPRIGGS

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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.