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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 13, 1995Christian County, Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 7:20 AM CDT for Christian County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 1995, 7:20 AM CDT (12:20 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 1995, 7:53 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Christian County, KY, Todd County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 343 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 359 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 131221
SVREVV
KYC047-219-131315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
720 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY...TODD COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH OF HOPKINSVILLE
KENTUCKY. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL TO NEAR TRENTON BY
735 AND NEAR ELKTON KENTUCKY BY 800 AM CDT. TAKE COVER IN THE INTERIOR
PART OF A BUILDING IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
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.
 
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, May 13, 6:46 AM CDT, 34 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 5:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Union	26 min
May 13, 6:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Webster	33 min
May 13, 6:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Christian, Hopkins	27 min
May 13, 7:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Muhlenberg, Ohio	36 min
May 13, 8:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Grayson, Hart	2 hr
May 13, 8:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Barren	2 hr
May 13, 10:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Edmonson, Warren	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1995 Every 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.