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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Northern Indiana

June 26, 1995Adams County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1995, 4:06 PM EST for Adams County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1995, 4:06 PM EST (21:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1995, 4:45 PM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Adams County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 963 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
963 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 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 KFWA 262107 RRA
SVRFWA
INC001-262145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
406 PM EST MON JUN 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY
 
AT 406 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 31 MILES
SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF GENEVA. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTH AT 15 MPH AND CONTAINED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
 
THE TOWNS OF GENEVA AND LINN GROVE WILL BE AFFECTED THROUGH 430 PM EST.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE >WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
RACY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 1:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant32 min
Jun 26, 4:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen31 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.