Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 10:17 AM CDT for Union County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1995, 10:17 AM CDT (15:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1995, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 081520 RRA SVREVV KYC225-081600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 1017 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY ...UNION COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHEAST OF RIDGWAY ILLINOIS IN GALLATIN COUNTY AT 1015 AM CDT. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR CENTER GROVE KENTUCKY BY 135 AND WAVERLY KENTUCKY BY 1045 AM CDT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPHLE 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
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 8, 8:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
INZ001>092-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 830 AM EST THU JUN 8 1995 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO PORTLAND IN JAY COUNTY AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PORTLAND IN JAY COUNTY TO MADISON IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON... COLUMBUS...EVANSVILLE MUNCIE AND BEDFORD. 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. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
INZ001>092-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 835 AM EST THU JUN 8 1995 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO 10 MILES WEST OF PORTLAND IN JAY COUNTY AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF PORTLAND IN JAY COUNTY TO MADISON IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON... COLUMBUS...EVANSVILLE MUNCIE AND BEDFORD. 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. ...PORTLAND AND JAY COUNTY IS NOT IN THE WATCH... HAINES
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
INZ028>031-035>041-043>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-076>079- 081>089-081600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 911 AM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 3 PM EST... AT 900 AM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA AROUND 1000 AM EST. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CES
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
INZ028>031-035>041-043>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-076>079- 081>089-081600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 911 AM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 3 PM EST... AT 900 AM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA AROUND 1000 AM EST. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE 6ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CES
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:10 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
INZ028>031-035>041-043>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-076>079- 081>089-081700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1010 AM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 3 PM EST... AT 1000 AM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING SOUTHWEST INDIANA. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS AND WILL BEGIN TO ENTER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN 1030 AND 1100 AM. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CES
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:14 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
INZ028>031-035>041-043>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-076>079- 081>089-081700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1010 AM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 3 PM EST... AT 1000 AM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING SOUTHWEST INDIANA. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS AND WILL BEGIN TO ENTER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN 1030 AND 1100 AM. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHE&R CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CES
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.