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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Northern Indiana

July 15, 1995DeKalb County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 3:46 PM EST for DeKalb County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 1995, 3:46 PM EST (20:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 1995, 4:30 PM EST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Whole counties

County DeKalb County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

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INC033-152130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
346 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN DE KALB COUNTY
 
AT 343 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES NORTH OF
FORT WAYNE OR 5 MILES NORTH OF AUBURN IN NORTHEAST INDIANA.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH AND CONTAINED DAMAGING HAIL
AND WINDS.
 
PERSONS IN THE CITY OF BUTLER SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY.
 
AT 340 PM EST THE INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT I-69
AND US 6.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
MARSHALL
 
 
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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, 2 hours 17 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, 2 hours 15 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

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:17 PM EST, 29 minutes before

MIZ077>079-152220-

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

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

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

AT 415 PM EDT...SOUTH BEND RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED
IN EXTREME SOUTHERN ST JOSEPH COUNTY IN THE STURGIS AREA.  THIS
STORM HAD EARLIER DROPPED NICKLE SIZE HAIL IN NORTHEASTERN
ELKHART COUNTY BUT HAS WEAKENED SINCE THAT TIME.  MOVEMENT IS TO THE
EAST AT 15 MPH...AND THESE STORMS SHOULD BE LEAVING ST JOSEPH COUNTY BY
500 PM EDT.

MORE STORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN AND
EXTREME NORTHERN ILLINOIS.  MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH.

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

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:19 PM EST, 27 minutes before

MIZ077>079-152220-

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

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

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

AT 415 PM EDT...SOUTH BEND RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED
IN EXTREME SOUTHERN ST JOSEPH COUNTY IN THE STURGIS AREA.  THIS
STORM HAD EARLIER DROPPED NICKLE SIZE HAIL IN NORTHEASTERN
ELKHART COUNTY BUT HAS WEAKENED SINCE THAT TIME.  MOVEMENT IS TO THE
EAST AT 15 MPH...AND THESE STORMS SHOULD BE LEAVING ST JOSEPH COUNTY BY
500 PM EDT.

MORE STORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN AND
EXTREME NORTHERN ILLINOIS.  MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH.

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 2:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	LaGrange	32 min
Jul 15, 3:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	39 min
Jul 15, 3:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Steuben	36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1995 Every 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.