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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Chicago, IL

May 13, 1995Jasper County, Pulaski County, White County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 10:06 PM CDT for Jasper County, Pulaski County, White County, Indiana. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, White County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2056 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 289 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
2056 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.2
Supercell composite
18.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCHI 140308
SVRCHI
INC073-131-181-140400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1006 PM CDT (1006 PM EST) SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT (1100 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY...SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY
 
AT 1003 PM EST/CDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IN SOUTHERN NEWTON AND SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTIES FROM NEAR RENSSELAER TO
KENTLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORMS PRODUCED
1 INCH HAIL AT BROOK. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE
REMINGTON...MONON AND FRANCESVILLE.
 
GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!  A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.
 
ALLSOPP
 
&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTNewton35 min

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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.