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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Northern Indiana

June 27, 1995Defiance County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1995, 7:58 PM EDT for Defiance County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1995, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Defiance County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 1995-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 241 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 1995-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
889 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 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 
WUUS1 KFWA 272358 RRA
SVRFWA
OHC039-280030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
658 PM EST (758 PM EDT) TUE JUN 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EST (830 PM EDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...EASTERN DEFIANCE COUNTY
 
AT 756 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 7 MILES
WEST OF DEFIANCE MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MPH AND CONTAINED LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.
 
PEOPLE IN TOWNS JUST NORTH OF DEFIANCE WILL BE AFFECTED THROUGH 815 PM
EDT.
 
 
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

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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.