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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 4, 1995Grayson County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 8:42 PM CDT for Grayson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 9:08 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Grayson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 1995-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2346 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDButler42 min
Jul 4, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOhio45 min
Jul 4, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess46 min
Jul 4, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.