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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 7, 1995Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 789 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 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenderson37 min
Jun 7, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, McLean27 min
Jun 7, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGrayson, Muhlenberg, Ohio36 min
Jun 7, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDButler, Logan34 min
Jun 7, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTodd34 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.