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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana

June 7, 1995Whitley County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 10:54 PM EST for Whitley County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 10:54 PM EST (03:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 11:30 PM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Whitley County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1464 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
1464 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KFWA 080354 RRA
SVRFWA
INC183-080430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
1054 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...WHITLEY COUNTY
 
AT 1048 EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF
COLUMBIA CITY INDIANA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR
AND CONTAINED DAMAGING HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS.
 
PERSONS IN COLUMBIA CITY AND CHURUBUSCO SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE TO
SEEK SHELTER.
 
 
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.

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

Local storm report, Jun 7, 9:23 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
923 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995

TIME(EST)    ...CITY LOCATION...        STATE      ...EVENT/REMARKS...
             ...COUNTY LOCATION...

0650 PM      WABASH                     IN         TREES WERE REPORTED
06/07/95                                           DOWN IN ROANN.

0655 PM      WABASH                     IN         TREES WERE REPORTED
06/07/95                                           DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN
                                                   SECTIONS OF THE
                                                   COUNTY.  SEVERAL
                                                   BUILDINGS WERE
                                                   DAMAGED.  AUTOMOBILES
                                                   WERE DAMAGED BY
                                                   FALLING TREES.

0700 PM      HUNTINGTON                 IN         TREES AND LINES WERE
06/07/95                                           REPORTED DOWN NORTH
                                                   OF ANDREWS ON SR 105.
                                                   WINDS WERE ESTIMATED
                                                   AT 60 MPH.

0735 PM      WELLS                      IN         TREES AND LINES WERE
06/07/95                                           REPORTED DOWN ACROSS
                                                   THE COUNTY.

0751 PM      ADAMS                      IN         TREES AND LINES WERE
06/07/95                                           REPORTED DOWN ACROSS
                                                   NORTHERN ADAMS
                                                   COUNTY.

KOPSKY
Local storm report, Jun 7, 9:24 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
923 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995

TIME(EST)    ...CITY LOCATION...        STATE      ...EVENT/REMARKS...
             ...COUNTY LOCATION...

0650 PM      WABASH                     IN         TREES WERE REPORTED
06/07/95                                           DOWN IN ROANN.

0655 PM      WABASH                     IN         TREES WERE REPORTED
06/07/95                                           DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN
                                                   SECTIONS OF THE
                                                   COUNTY.  SEVERAL
                                                   BUILDINGS WERE
                                                   DAMAGED.  AUTOMOBILES
                                                   WERE DAMAGED BY
                                                   FALLING TREES.

0700 PM      HUNTINGTON                 IN         TREES AND LINES WERE
06/07/95                                           REPORTED DOWN NORTH
                                                   OF ANDREWS ON SR 105.
                                                   WINDS WERE ESTIMATED
                                                   AT 60 MPH.

0735 PM      WELLS                      IN         TREES AND LINES WERE
06/07/95                                           REPORTED DOWN ACROSS
                                                   THE COUNTY.

0751 PM      ADAMS                      IN         TREES AND LINES WERE
06/07/95                                           REPORTED DOWN ACROSS
                                                   NORTHERN ADAMS
                                      &             COUNTY.

KOPSKY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:04 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXHuntington26 min
Jun 7, 7:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Wells25 min
Jun 7, 7:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams28 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.