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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 20, 1995Hopkins County, McLean County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 1995, 3:45 PM CST for Hopkins County, McLean County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 1995, 3:45 PM CST (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 1995, 4:30 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hopkins County, KY, McLean County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 12:00Z on 1995-03-20Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1995-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 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 202146 RRA
SVREVV
KYC059-107-149-202230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
345 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...DAVIESS COUNTY...HOPKINS COUNTY...MCLEAN COUNTY
 
AT 343 CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF
MADISONVILLE KENTUCKY...MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF OWENSBORO...ALSO MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS..IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
ZIMMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess45 min
Mar 20, 4:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMuhlenberg, Ohio52 min
Mar 20, 5:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDEdmonson, Hart51 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.