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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 20, 1995Logan County, Simpson County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1995, 1:48 AM CDT for Logan County, Simpson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 1995, 1:48 AM CDT (06:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 1995, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Logan County, KY, Simpson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 1995-04-20Temperature 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 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 200650
SVREVV
KYC141-213-200745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
148 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...LOGAN COUNTY...SIMPSON COUNTY
 
AT 140 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE KENTUCKY...
TENNESSEE STATE LINE IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOGAN COUNTY
KENTUCKY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
THE SEVERTE STORM WILL MOPVE TO JUST WEST OF FRANKLIN IN SIMPSON
COUNTY BY 2AM CDT.
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
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.
 
 
HOCKER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion31 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.