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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 15, 1995Cass County, Michigan

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 1995, 7:23 PM EST for Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1995, 7:23 PM EST (00:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1995, 8:10 PM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Cass County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 270 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 1995-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-321 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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 160025
TORSBN
MIC027-160110-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
723 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 910 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN

   ...CASS COUNTY MICHIGAN
 
AT 820 PM EDT...A REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED A CONFIRMED
TORNADO LOCATED A MILE NORTH OF EDWARDSBURG.  ANOTHER REPORT OF A
TORNADO HAS BEEN RECEIVED AT UNION WITH DAMAGE REPORTED.

MOVEMENT OF THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM OVER EDWARDSBURG IS TO THE
NORTH AT 5 MPH.  TOWNS IN THE PATH INCLUDE...DAILEY.

TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE UNION TORNADO ARE...MOTTVILLE AS IT MOVES
SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 5 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID
WINDOWS.

SPRIGGS

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 7:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBerrien62 min
Jul 15, 9:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBerrien48 min
Jul 16, 2:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBerrien57 min
Jul 16, 3:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass57 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Michigan, 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.