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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana

June 7, 1995Huntington County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1995, 7:04 PM EST for Huntington County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 7:04 PM EST (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 7:30 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Huntington County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 
TTAA00 KFWA 080005
TORFWA
INC069-080030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
704 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN HUNTINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 701 PM EST A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR NORTH MANCHESTER OR 30 MILES
WEST OF FORT WAYNE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA.
 
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHERN HUNTINGTON
COUNTY AND IN THE CITY OF ANDREWS SHOULD GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
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.
 
 
MARSHALL
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Wells25 min
Jun 7, 7:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams28 min
Jun 7, 10:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhitley36 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes 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.