Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1995, 11:37 AM CDT for Edmonson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 1995, 11:37 AM CDT (16:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1995, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Edmonson County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KEVV 091637 RRA SVREVV KYC061-091715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 1137 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 LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...EDMONSON COUNTY AT 1135 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE BROWNSVILLE AREA OF EDMONSON COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH TOWARD MAMMOTH CAVE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IN A REIFORCED BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. 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, 2 hours 6 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, 2 hours 5 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Grayson, Hart | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.