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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 30, 1994Logan County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 1994, 8:21 PM CDT for Logan County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 1994, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 1994, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
39 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 00:00Z, 1.4 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 00:00Z on 1994-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 322 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 1994-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
322 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 010123
TOREVV
KYC141-227-010200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
821 PM CDT SAT APR 30 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...LOGAN COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT EPLEYS STATION KENTUCKY IN LOGAN COUNTY AT 817
PM CDT...THIS IS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. IT WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND COULD REACH BOWLING GREEN BT 845 PM CDT.
 
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 IS 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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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.