Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 1:01 PM CDT for Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 1:01 PM CDT (18:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 151802 RRA SVREVV KYC171-151830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 101 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...MONROE COUNTY AT 100 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF THOMPKINSVILLE. IT WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND 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. BLOCK
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, Jul 15, 10:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
INZ002>089-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1054 AM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 ...ANOTHER SWELTERING DAY FOR INDIANA... THE VERY HOT AND HUMID AIR THAT HAS BEEN OVER INDIANA THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS IS VERY SLOW TO LEAVE. THE OPPRESSIVE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN OVER ALL OF INDIANA THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH FROM THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 THROUGH THE ENTIRE STATE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 120. A HEAT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE AN ABUNDANCE OF SUNSHINE THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. DIRECT SUNSHINE CAN INCREASE HEAR INDEX VALUES 5 TO 15 DEGREES. TO MAKE THINGS EVEN WORSE WINDS WILL ONLY BE AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THROUGH THE REST OF INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY LOWER TEMPERATURES SOME BUT THE RAIN FROM THEM WILL INCREASE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH INDIANA TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR TO INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTH PORTIONS. THE HOT AND HUMID AIR ALONG WITH A HEAT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN THE SOUTH ON SUNDAY. DELAY ANY YARD WORK OR OTHER OUTDOOR WORK UNTIL COOLER AIR ARRIVES IF POSSIBLE. WATCH CHILDREN WHO ARE PLAYING FOR SIGNS OF HEAT STRESS. CHILDREN OR ANIMALS SHOULD NOT BE LEFT IN CARS FOR ANY< LENGTH OF TIME. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 10:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
INZ002>089-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1054 AM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 ...ANOTHER SWELTERING DAY FOR INDIANA... THE VERY HOT AND HUMID AIR THAT HAS BEEN OVER INDIANA THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS IS VERY SLOW TO LEAVE. THE OPPRESSIVE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN OVER ALL OF INDIANA THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH FROM THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 THROUGH THE ENTIRE STATE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 120. A HEAT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE AN ABUNDANCE OF SUNSHINE THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. DIRECT SUNSHINE CAN INCREASE HEAR INDEX VALUES 5 TO 15 DEGREES. TO MAKE THINGS EVEN WORSE WINDS WILL ONLY BE AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THROUGH THE REST OF INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY LOWER TEMPERATURES SOME BUT THE RAIN FROM THEM WILL INCREASE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH INDIANA TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR TO INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTH PORTIONS. THE HOT AND HUMID AIR ALONG WITH A HEAT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN THE SOUTH ON SUNDAY. DELAY ANY YARD WORK OR OTHER OUTDOOR WORK UNTIL COOLER AIR ARRIVES IF POSSIBLE. WATCH CHILDREN WHO ARE PLAYING FOR SIGNS OF HEAT STRESS. CHILDREN OR ANIMALS SHOULD NOT BE LEFT IN CARS FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 12:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
INZ001>092-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1158 PM EST SAT JUL 15 1995 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA EAST OF A LINE FROM CORYDON IN HARRISON COUNTY TO WARSAW IN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE INDIANAPOLIS...FORT WAYNE...RICHMOND... SHELBYVILLE...MUNCIE AND COLUMBUS. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HAINES
Nearby
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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.