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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 14, 1995Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1995, 12:54 AM EST for Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 12:54 AM EST (05:54 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 1:45 AM EST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Delaware County, IN, Madison County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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°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 140555
TORIND
INC095-035-140645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1254 AM EST SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...DELAWARE COUNTY
 
AT 1254 AM EST RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE TORNADOES 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ANDERSON AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS
STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH ALEXANDRIA AND EATON BEFORE 145 AM EST. PEOPLE
IN AND AROUND THESE TOWNS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW!
 
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.  AVOIDd WINDOWS.
 
ZIMMERMAN

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, 11:21 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHoward, Miami54 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, 12:57 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

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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.