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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 9, 1995Gibson County, Vanderburgh County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 5:59 PM CDT for Gibson County, Vanderburgh County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gibson County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 237 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 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 092301 RRA
SVREVV
INC051-163-092345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
559 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN GIBSON COUNTY...NORTHERN VANDERBURGH COUNTY
 
AT 556 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF
CYNTHIANA INDIANA...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM
WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. FT BRANCH IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IF YOU ARE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
 
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.
 
MM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDubois, Spencer41 min
Jun 8, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarrick29 min
Jun 8, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningINDSpencer, Warrick63 min
Jun 8, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningINDPerry45 min
Jun 8, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPosey, Vanderburgh59 min
Jun 8, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSpencer, Warrick63 min
Jun 8, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry63 min

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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.