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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 14, 1994Logan County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1994, 2:55 PM CDT for Logan County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
May 14, 1994, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1994, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Logan County, KY, Warren County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 12:00Z on 1994-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 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 12:00Z on 1994-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 390 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
390 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
369 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 
WUUS1 KEVV 141956 RRA
SVREVV
KYC141-227-142030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
255 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...LOGAN COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR JUST NORTH OF RUSSELVILLE
KENTUCKY IN LOGAN COUNTY AT 253 PM CDT. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
ALONG WITH A TREE BLOWN DOWN IN RUSSLEVILLE. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH AND WILL THE REACH THE BOWLING GREEN AREA BY ABOUT 315 PM CDT.
 
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.
 
BLOCK
 
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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.