Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 5:26 PM EDT for Williams County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Williams County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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.
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 2:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 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 & 090 2010| WUUSx U6WWUS ejWTNT( `133 54000 70500t6WWUSZ $KWWCNJ R"WEPAr py WUUSt D `WWUS Ua`WWUS ~6WWUS (O6WWUS xd<jWTNT bv WUUS duMn6WWUSN sF6WWUS Z WUUS> \XWOUS @"6WWUS @ZWWCN _M WUUS pRf6WWUS p239 57011 70WWUS34KEVV 0
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 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, 4:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 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 &
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 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 &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Steuben | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb | 44 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.