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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 27, 1994Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1994, 7:49 PM CDT for Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1994, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Todd County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 280051
TOREVV
KYC219-280115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
749 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...TODD COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN TODD COUNTY BETWEEN ALLEGRE AND CLAYMOUR
KENTUCKY AT 743PM CDT. IT WAS MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH.
PERSONS IN NORTHERN TODD AND IN THE CLAYMOUR AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO SAFETY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT ISn AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
BLOCK
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMuhlenberg, Todd42 min
Apr 27, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Hancock35 min
Apr 28, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Hancock, Ohio38 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.