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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 28, 1994Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 12:32 PM CDT for Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1994, 12:32 PM CDT (17:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1994, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 196 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1994-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1030 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1994-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 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
1030 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 281732
SVREVV
KYC213-227-281830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1232 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...SIMPSON COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 1229 AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHWEST WARREN COUNTY INCLUDING THE BOWLING GREEN AREA...AS WELL AS
SIMPSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. 3/4 INCH HAIL HAS BEEN
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM HAD SLOWED...AND WAS NOW MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PROD
UCE A TORNADO. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
MM
 
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLogan, Simpson, Warren60 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.