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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 27, 1994Hopkins County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 6:42 PM CDT for Hopkins County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1994, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Hopkins County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 1994-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1797 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1994-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
1797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 272344
SVREVV
KYC107-280015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
642 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...HOPKINS COUNTY
 
AT 640 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR DAWSON
SPRINGS KENTUCKY...ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF EVANSVILLE. THE STORM WAS
MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 40 MPH...AND WILL REACH DAWSON SPRINGS BY 650 PM
AND NEBO BY 700 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...P(EOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
TT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDEdmonson, Hart26 min
Apr 27, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningINDChristian16 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.