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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 27, 1994Muhlenberg County, Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 7:18 PM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1994, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1994-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 310 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1994-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 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 KEVV 280020
SVREVV
KYC177-219-280100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
718 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...MUHLENBERG COUNTY...TODD COUNTY
 
AT 714 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR PEMBROKE
KENTUCKY...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY. THE STORM
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH...AND WILL REACH ALLEGRE KENTUCKY
BY 730 PM AND PENROD KENTUCKY BY 750 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE 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, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningINDTodd26 min
Apr 27, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Hancock35 min
Apr 28, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Hancock, Ohio38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.