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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 6, 1995Barren County, Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 6:47 PM CDT for Barren County, Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barren County, KY, Hart County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 
TTAA00 KEVV 062348 RRA
SVREVV
KYC009-099-070030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
647 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...NORTHERN BARREN COUNTY...SOUTHERN HART COUNTY
 
AT 645 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST BARREN
COUNTY MOVING EAST ALONG THE BARREN AND HART COUNTY LINE. A TREE WAS
BLOWN OVER IN EDMONSON COUNTY WHEN THE STORM MOVED THROUGH THERE. IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY.
 
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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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, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian37 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

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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.