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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 13, 1995Howard County, Miami County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1995, 11:21 PM EST for Howard County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 11:21 PM EST (04:21 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 12:15 AM EST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Howard County, IN, Miami County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 11:24 PM ESTTornado F1Mexico, INBrief tornado touchdown damaged 20 homes, destroyed two mobile homes, damaged the roof and steeple of a church in Mexico. A 15-year-old boy received cuts and bruises in one of the damaged homes. Numerous trees and power lines were downed by the storms in Me

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 292 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
395 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 140422
TORIND
INC067-103-140515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1121 PM EST SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...HOWARD COUNTY
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...MIAMI COUNTY
 
AT 1120 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LOGANSPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO
PERU...BUNKER HILL AND KOKOMO BEFORE 1215 AM EST. PEOPLE IN AND AROUND
THESE TOWNS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW!
 
AT 1118 PM EST STATE POLICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 8 MILES NORTH OF
LOGANSPORT.
 
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
May 13, 10:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Cass55 min
May 13, 10:58 PM ESTTornado WarningINDCass32 min
May 13, 11:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe39 min
May 13, 11:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery60 min
May 13, 11:46 PM ESTTornado WarningINDClinton44 min
May 13, 11:56 PM ESTTornado WarningINDTipton49 min
May 14, 12:08 AM ESTTornado WarningINDBoone37 min
May 14, 12:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam63 min
May 14, 12:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay63 min
May 14, 12:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion, Morgan57 min
May 14, 12:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen57 min
May 14, 12:36 AM ESTTornado WarningINDHamilton54 min
May 14, 12:54 AM ESTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Madison51 min
May 14, 12:57 AM ESTTornado WarningINDHancock48 min
May 14, 1:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson55 min
May 14, 1:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Monroe33 min
May 14, 1:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry42 min
May 14, 1:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby42 min
May 14, 1:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush52 min
May 14, 3:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDVanderburgh66 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.