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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Chicago, IL

June 7, 1995Fulton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1995, 6:19 PM EST for Fulton County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 6:19 PM EST (23:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 6:45 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 162 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 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCHI 072321
TORCHI
INC049-072345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
619 PM CDT (619 PM EST) WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT (645 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...EASTERN FULTON COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND SOUTH OF ROCHESTER OR ABOUT 23
MILES SOUTH OF PLYMOUTH. IT IS LIKELY MOVING TO THE EAST ABOUT 20 MPH.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 FOR THE
REMAINDER OF FULTON AND SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN A CAR...GO INSIDE A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING!
AS A LAST RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
 
KML
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 4:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLake45 min
Jun 7, 5:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLaPorte25 min
Jun 7, 5:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTStarke47 min
Jun 7, 6:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTFulton, Marshall32 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.