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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 28, 1994McLean County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1994, 11:46 PM CDT for McLean County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 1994, 11:46 PM CDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 1994, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties McLean County, KY, Ohio County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 290448
SVREVV
KYC149-183-290515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1146 PM CDT THU APR 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...MCLEAN COUNTY...OHIO COUNTY
 
AT 1143 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 TO 20 MILES
SOUTH OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY NEAR SACRAMENTO AND LIVERMORE. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR FORDSVILLE BY
MIDNIGHT. THIS STORM PRODUCED LARGE HAIL THAT DAMAGED A STATE POLICE CAR
IN SACRAMENTO KENTUCKY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM REMAIN
INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
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 THUNDERSTORdMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE A TORNADO. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
SUMMY
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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, 6:16 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 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, 4 hours 16 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, 2 hours 43 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, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, McLean	26 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.