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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 13, 1995Webster County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 6:12 AM CDT for Webster County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 6:12 AM CDT (11:12 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Webster County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 1995-05-13Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 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 131114
SVREVV
KYC233-131145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
612 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...WEBSTER COUNTY
 
AT 610 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WEBSTER
COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS 30 MILES SOUTH OF EVANSVILLE AND WAS MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE
TOWN OF DIXON BY 620 AM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM MOVE
INDOORS.
 
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEO,PLE 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.
 
 
 
NIEMEIER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 5:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion26 min
May 13, 6:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian, Hopkins27 min
May 13, 7:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian, Todd33 min
May 13, 7:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMuhlenberg, Ohio36 min
May 13, 8:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDGrayson, Hart2 hr
May 13, 8:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDBarren2 hr
May 13, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDEdmonson, Warren30 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.