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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 9, 1995Grayson County, Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1995, 11:26 AM CDT for Grayson County, Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 1995, 11:26 AM CDT (16:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1995, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Grayson County, KY, Hart County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 1995-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 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 1995-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-435 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 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 091627 RRA
SVREVV
KYC085-099-091715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1126 AM CDT SUN APR 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...GRAYSON COUNTY...HART COUNTY
 
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LEITHCFIELD KENTUCKY IN GRAYSON
COUNTY. RADAR INDCATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF LEITCHFIELD AT
1125 AM CDT. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD BONNEIVILLE AND CUB RUN
KENTUCKY. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.
 
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.
 
BLOCK
 
&

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 9, 9:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
INZ067>069-076>089-092000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
931 AM EST SUN APR 9 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER PART OF SOUTH INDIANA
UNTIL 300 PM EST...

THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 20
MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE
EVANSVILLE...JASPER...VINCENNES...WASHINGTON...SALEM AND MADISON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE WATCH. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS IF YOU
ARE IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 925 AM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO FAR SOUTHWEST
INDIANA.

DS
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 9:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
INZ067>069-076>089-092000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
931 AM EST SUN APR 9 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER PART OF SOUTH INDIANA
UNTIL 300 PM EST...

THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 20
MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE
EVANSVILLE...JASPER...VINCENNES...WASHINGTON...SALEM AND MADISON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE WATCH. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS IF YOU
ARE IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 925 AM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO FARD SOUTHWEST
INDIANA.

DS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDEdmonson38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.