Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 5:06 PM CDT for Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1995, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 072207 RRA SVREVV KYC101-225-072300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 506 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY ...HENDERSON COUNTY...UNION COUNTY AT 502 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FORMING IN HENDERSON COUNTY AND ALSO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH GALLITIN ILLINOIS INTO UNION COUNTY KENTUCY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR HENDERSON AT AROUND 520 PM CDT AND STURGIS KENTUCKY NEAR 525 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER NOW. 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. SLEIGHTER
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, Jun 7, 4:09 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
INZ085>088-080200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 400 PM EST/CDT WED JUN 7 1995 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST/ CDT FOR FAR SOUTHWEST INDIANA. INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE POSEY...VANDERBURGH...WARRICK...AND SPENCER. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE EVANSVILLE AND BOONVILLE. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SBH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henderson | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, McLean | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Grayson, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 36 min |
| Jun 7, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Butler, Logan | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Todd | 34 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.