Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1995, 12:57 AM EST for Hancock County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1995, 12:57 AM EST (05:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 1:45 AM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hancock County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 140558 TORIND INC059-140645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1257 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 LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...HANCOCK COUNTY AT 1257 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOMN INDIANAPOLIS NEAR CASTLETON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH FORTVILLE AND EDEN BY 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 STURrDY 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. ZIMMEMRAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 10:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Cass | 55 min |
| May 13, 10:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Cass | 32 min |
| May 13, 11:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 39 min |
| May 13, 11:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard, Miami | 54 min |
| May 13, 11:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 60 min |
| May 13, 11:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton | 44 min |
| May 13, 11:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Tipton | 49 min |
| May 14, 12:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone | 37 min |
| May 14, 12:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 63 min |
| May 14, 12:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 63 min |
| May 14, 12:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 57 min |
| May 14, 12:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 57 min |
| May 14, 12:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton | 54 min |
| May 14, 12:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 51 min |
| May 14, 1:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 55 min |
| May 14, 1:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 33 min |
| May 14, 1:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 42 min |
| May 14, 1:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 42 min |
| May 14, 1:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 52 min |
| May 14, 3:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Vanderburgh | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.