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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 9, 1995Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 9:27 PM CDT for Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Daviess County, KY, McLean County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2582 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2582 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1387 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 9, 7:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
INZ063>089-100130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
729 PM EST FRI JUN 9 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN
INDIANA UNTIL 100 AM EST...

AT 720 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS EAST OF EVANSVILLE AND WAS
MOVING EAST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SOUTHWEST TIP OF
INDIANA...NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. THOSE
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST OR SOUTHEAST.

PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

DS
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
INZ063>089-100215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
816 PM EST FRI JUN 9 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN
INDIANA UNTIL 100 AM EST...

AT 810 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE EAST FORK OF THE WHITE
RIVER. AT 805 PM...ONE HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MITCHELL. THAT
STORM WAS MOVING EAST. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF
MITCHELL AND MOVING EAST TOWARD MITCHELL AND SPRING MILL STATE PARK.

DS
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
INZ063>089-100215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
816 PM EST FRI JUN 9 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN
INDIANA UNTIL 100 AM EST...

AT 810 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE EAST FORK OF THE WHITE
RIVER. AT 805 PM...ONE HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MITCHELL. THAT
STORM WAS MOVING EAST. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF
MITCHELL AND MOVING EAST TOWARD MITCHELL AND SPRING MILL STATE PARK.

DS
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:14 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
INZ063>089-100315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
914 PM EST FRI JUN 9 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 1 AM EST...

AT 910 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN INDIANA...MAINLY SOUTH OF A VINCENNES TO SEYMOUR TO
CINCINNATI OHIO LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE GRADUALLY WEAKENED DURING THE PAST HOUR.
HOWEVER...SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY
RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE ACROSS 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.

TMA
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:17 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
INZ063>089-100315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
914 PM EST FRI JUN 9 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 1 AM EST...

AT 910 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN INDIANA...MAINLY SOUTH OF A VINCENNES TO SEYMOUR TO
CINCINNATI OHIO LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE GRADUALLY WEAKENED DURING THE PAST HOUR.
HOWEVER...SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY
RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGIXNG
WEATHER CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSpencer42 min
Jun 9, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPosey37 min
Jun 9, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHopkins32 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.