Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 6:56 PM CDT for Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1995, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Todd County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 072356 SVREVV KYC031-141-219-080030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 656 PM CDT WED JUN 7 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 ...BUTLER COUNTY...LOGAN COUNTY...TODD COUNTY AT 650 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO BUTLER...LOGAN AND TODD COUNTIES. THEY ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND SHOULD REACH THE TOWNS OF LEWISBURG AND ELKTON BY 715 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STROMS TAKE SHELTER NOW. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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, 2 hours 47 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
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
INZ002>042-080400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 540 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTH HALF OF INDIANA... THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST...AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO 10 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...MARION... MUNCIE...ANDERSON...TIPTON AND CRAWFORDSVILLE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 535 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST. STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
INZ002>042-080400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 540 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTH HALF OF INDIANA... THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST...AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO 10 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...MARION... MUNCIE...ANDERSON...TIPTON AND CRAWFORDSVILLE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 535 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST. STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:40 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
INZ085>088-080045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 640 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT OVER FAR SOUTHWEST INDIANA... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF FAR SOUTHWEST INDIANA. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:46 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
INZ085>088-080045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 640 PM EST WED JUN 7 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT OVER FAR SOUTHWEST INDIANA... THUZNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF FAR SOUTHWEST INDIANA. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henderson, Union | 54 min |
| 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 |
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.