Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 9:43 PM CDT for Hopkins County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1995, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1995, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hopkins County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 100246 RRA SVREVV KYC107-100315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 943 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY ...NORTHEASTERN HOPKINS COUNTY AT 941 CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST TO NORTH OF MADISONVILLE KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...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 9, 8:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 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 25 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, 29 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, 26 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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:35 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
INZ063>089-100330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 935 PM EST FRI JUN 9 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT OVER FAR SOUTH INDIANA UNTIL 100 AM EST... THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VINCENNES TO LAWRENCEBURG. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 930 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. THEY HAVE GRADUALLY WEAKENED DURING THE PAST HOUR. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:37 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
INZ063>089-100330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 935 PM EST FRI JUN 9 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT OVER FAR SOUTH INDIANA UNTIL 100 AM EST... THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VINCENNES TO LAWRENCEBURG. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 930 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. THEY HAVE GRADUALLY WEAKENED DURING THE PAST HOUR. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, McLean | 63 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.