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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Northern Indiana

July 15, 1995LaGrange County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 2:28 PM EST for LaGrange County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1995, 2:28 PM EST (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1995, 3:00 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County LaGrange County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2755 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -170 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
2755 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-10.8

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The text

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

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INC087-152000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
228 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...LAGRANGE COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT
WAYNE INDIANA OR JUST NORTH OF TOPEKA.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND CONTAINED DAMAGING HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.
 
PERSONS IN THE CITY OF LAGRANGE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY.
 
MARSHALL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 1:29 PM EST, 59 minutes before
MIZ077>079-152035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
129 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BERRIEN...CASS...AND ST JOSEPH.
COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THE WATCH INCLUDE...BENTON HARBOR...ST JOSEPH
...NILES...CASSOPOLIS...DOWAGIAC...THREE RIVERS...AND STURGIS.

AT 225 PM EDT...SOUTH BEND RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED JUST
WEST OF STURGIS.  MOVEMENT IS TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH.  MORE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP FURTHER TO THE WEST IN SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS.  MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS TO
THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH.  KEEP
A LOOKOUT TO THE SKY FOR APPROACHING THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 1:31 PM EST, 57 minutes before
MIZ077>079-152035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
129 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BERRIEN...CASS...AND ST JOSEPH.
COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THE WATCH INCLUDE...BENTON HARBOR...ST JOSEPH
...NILES...CASSOPOLIS...DOWAGIAC...THREE RIVERS...AND STURGIS.

AT 225 PM EDT...SOUTH BEND RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED JUST
WEST OF STURGIS.  MOVEMENT IS TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH.  MORE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP FURTHER TO THE WEST IN SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS.  MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS TO
THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH.  KEEP
A LOOKOUT TO THE SKY FOR APPROACHING THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

SPRIGGS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 3:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen39 min
Jul 15, 3:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSteuben36 min
Jul 15, 3:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.