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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 18, 1995Logan County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1995, 6:23 PM CDT for Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 1995, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 1995, 6:52 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Logan County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 1995-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 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 1995-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-341 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 182325
SVREVV
KYC141-190000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
623 PM CDT TUE APR 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...LOGAN COUNTY
 
AT 620 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALLENSVILLE
KENTUCKY...20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOPKINSVILLE. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH RUSSELVILLE BY ABOUT 645 PM CDT. BE
PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
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

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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.