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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 6, 1995Christian County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 3:53 PM CDT for Christian County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Christian County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1995-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1269 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 1995-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
1269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-34 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 062053 RRA
SVREVV
KYC047-062130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
353 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY
 
AT 350 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF
HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD REACH
HOPKINSVILLE ABOUT 415 PM CDT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.
 
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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Webster44 min
Jun 6, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Hancock33 min
Jun 6, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTodd33 min
Jun 6, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock44 min
Jun 6, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLogan, Warren41 min
Jun 6, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDEdmonson, Grayson, Warren45 min
Jun 6, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBarren, Hart43 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.