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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 13, 1995Christian County, Hopkins County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 6:48 AM CDT for Christian County, Hopkins County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 6:48 AM CDT (11:48 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Christian County, KY, Hopkins County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 131149
SVREVV
KYC107-047-131215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
648 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...HOPKINS COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY
 
AT 645 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
CHRISTIAN AND HOPKINS COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS
AND HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL REACH THE TOWNS OF HOPKINSVILLE AND NORTONVILLE BY 7 AM
CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MOVE INDOORS.
 
 
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.
 
 
NIEMEIER

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, May 13, 6:46 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
INZ076>080-084-087>089-131700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
645 AM EST SAT MAY 13 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF
SOUTHERN INDIANA...

IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD AND EAST
OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD TO EVANSVILLE.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE JASPER...MADISON...SCOTTSBURG
...JEFFERSONVILLE...AND NEW ALBANY.

REMEMBER THAT A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESxE AREAS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
.
TMA

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, 6:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWebster33 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.