Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 9:50 PM CDT for Barren County, Edmonson County, Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1995, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barren County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Hart County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 3366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1273 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 090253 RRA SVREVV KYC009-061-099-090345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 950 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...BARREN COUNTY...EDMONSON COUNTY...HART COUNTY AT 947 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF CANEYVILLE TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LEITCHFIELD AND HORSE CAVE ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA..TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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. MM
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, 7:50 PM CDT, 2 hours before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 750 PM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... AT 745 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST EAST OF EVANSVILLE. THEY WERE MOVING EAST...JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER SOUTH ILLINOIS. THEY WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AND SHOULD REACH THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF INDIANA BETWEEN 800 AND 830 PM. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 750 PM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... AT 745 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST EAST OF EVANSVILLE. THEY WERE MOVING EAST...JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER SOUTH ILLINOIS. THEY WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AND SHOULD REACH* THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF INDIANA BETWEEN 800 AND 830 PM. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:50 PM CDT, 1 hour before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 850 PM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... AT 845 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE ALSO OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WERE MOVING EAST AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF INDIANA. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED OVER CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AT 845 PM EST...BUT ANYONE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TA
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:58 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 850 PM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... AT 845 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. OTHER STORMS WERE ALSO OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WERE MOVING EAST AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BINDIANA. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED OVER CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AT 845 PM EST...BUT ANYONE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TA
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:46 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 946 PM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST AND INCLUDES DUBOIS PIKE SPENCER WARRICK CRAWFORD ORANGE PERRY CLARK FLOYD AND HARRISON COUNTIES. THE AREA IS NEAR THE OHIO RIVER FROM EVANSVILLE TO LOUSIVILLE. AT 935 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE EVANSVILLE AREA. THEY WERE MOVING EAST. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS WATCH REPLACES THE WATCH ISSUED LATE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:47 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
INZ060>064-067>072-076>078-081>089-090900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 946 PM EST THU JUN 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST AND INCLUDES DUBOIS PIKE SPENCER WARRICK CRAWFORD ORANGE PERRY CLARK FLOYD AND HARRISON COUNTIES. THE AREA IS NEAR THE OHIO RIVER FROM EVANSVILLE TO LOUSIVILLE. AT 935 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE EVANSVILLE AREA. THEY WERE MOVING EAST. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS WATCH REPLACES THE WATCH ISSUED LATE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union, Webster | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henderson | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Grayson | 57 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.