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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Northern Indiana

July 23, 1995Jay County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1995, 2:33 PM EST for Jay County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1995, 2:33 PM EST (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1995, 3:00 PM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Jay County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 1995-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 302 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 1995-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFWA 231935 RRA
SVRFWA
INC075-232000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
233 PM EST SUN JUL 23 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
 
   ...JAY COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN JAY COUNTY A 230 PM
EST. SPOTTERS IN JAY COUNTY REPORTED 50 TO 55 MPH WIND GUSTS WITH
NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE
COUNTY AAT 231 PM EST.  STRONG WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAIN...SMALL HAIL
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.
 
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.
 
 
CEXRUTTI
 
 
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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.