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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana

May 13, 1995Wabash County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1995, 11:40 PM EST for Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 11:40 PM EST (04:40 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 12:11 AM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Wabash County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 292 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
395 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFWA 140440
TORFWA
INC169-140515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
1140 PM EST SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...WABASH COUNTY
 
AT 1141 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE
TORNADO LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WABASH OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
FORT WAYNE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
SEVERAL REPORTS OF TORNADOES WERE RECEIVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF MIAMI
COUNTY.
 
ROANN IS A TOWN IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
RACY
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 11:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWabash25 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.