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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 9, 1995Jasper County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1995, 11:28 PM CDT for Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 11:28 PM CDT (04:28 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Jasper County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 348 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 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 77 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 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
77 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2251 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 100429
SVREVV
ILC079-100500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1128 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
 
   ...JASPER COUNTY
 
AT 1126 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF
NEWTON ILLINOIS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
YALE ILLINOIS IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED
AREA...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STANDt 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

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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.