Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1994, 10:19 PM CDT for Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1994, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1994, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Daviess County, KY, McLean County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1419 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 290322 SVREVV KYC059-149-290345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 1019 PM CDT THU APR 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY ...DAVIESS COUNTY...MCLEAN COUNTY AT 1016 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY NEAR BEECH GROVE KENTUCKY. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR ST JOSEPH AND WEST LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY BY 1040 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM MOVE INTO A SAFE BUILDING AND REMAIN AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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 PRODUCE A TORNADO. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SUMMY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:16 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
INZALL-282315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 515 PM EST THU APR 28 1993 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...EVANSVILLE...JASPER ...VINCENNES...COLUMBUS...SHELBYVILLE AND MADISON. AT 510 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA FROM NEAR RICHMOND TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT INDIANA AROUND 530 PM EST. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE OVER FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AT 5 PM EST MAY MOVE INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA LATER THIS EVENING. SBH
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
INZALL-290015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 615 PM EST THU APR 28 1993 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...EVANSVILLE...JASPER ...VINCENNES...COLUMBUS...SHELBYVILLE AND MADISON. AT 610 PM EST THERE WERE NOT ANY THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN INDIANA. HOWEVER...SOME SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE OVER THE FAR NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WILL BE AFFECTING PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDE:RSTORMS AND TORNADOES THIS EVENING. SBH
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
INZALL-290130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 725 PM EST THU APR 28 1993 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10 PM EST/CDT. THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEDFORD...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEDFORD TO 35 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE EVANSVILLE...JASPER...FRENCH LICK AND TELL CITY. THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES THE OLD TORNADO WATCH WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SBH
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 9:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
INZ044>089-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 903 PM EST THU APR 28 1993 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS OF 9 PM EST/CDT. AS OF 9 PM...NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT IN INDIANA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AT 9 PM... BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THE ENTIRE STATE WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NIGHT...BUT...AGAIN...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. ZIMMERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | McLean, Ohio | 29 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.