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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 28, 1995Logan County, Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1995, 4:29 PM CDT for Logan County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1995, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Logan County, KY, Todd County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 392 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 1995-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 160 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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 28, 12:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
INZ062-063-066-070>080-084-089-281840-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1250 PM EST WED JUN 28 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

AT 1245 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT SHOWED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER JACKSON AND JENNINGS COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PASS ACROSS
THE CITIES OF NORTH VERNON AND GREENSBURG BETWEEN 100 AND 200 PM EST.

PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS TO
35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

THE INDIANA STATE POLICE AT SEYMOUR REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL SOUTH OF
SEYMOUR AROUND 1230 PM EST.

IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS YOUR LOCATION...BE PREPARED TO TAKE
QUICK PROTECTIVE ACTION.

GCL
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
INZ062-063-066-070>080-084-089-281840-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1250 PM EST WED JUN 28 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

AT 1245 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT SHOWED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER JACKSON AND JENNINGS COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PASS ACROSS
THE CITIES OF NORTH VERNON AND GREENSBURG BETWEEN 100 AND 200 PM EST.

PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS TO
35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

THE INDIANA STATE POLICE AT SEYMOUR REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL SOUTH OF
SEYMOUR AROUND 1230 PM EST.

IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS YOUR LOCATION...BE PREPARED TO TAKE
QUICK PROTECTIVE ACTION.

GCL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWhite26 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.