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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 8, 1995Morgan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 1995, 7:57 PM EST for Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1995, 7:57 PM EST (00:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1995, 8:21 PM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Morgan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 1995-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2117 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 1995-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 090058
TORIND
INC109-090130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
757 PM EST TUE AUG 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...MORGAN COUNTY
 
AT 753 PM EST THE PARAGON FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES
SOUTH OF MARTINSVILLE...MOVING NORTH. RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS NEAR
MARTINSVILLE AT 755 PM EST.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE 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
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin54 min
Aug 9, 3:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe, Owen59 min
Aug 9, 5:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Montgomery55 min
Aug 9, 5:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin53 min
Aug 9, 6:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.