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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 31, 1995Daviess County, Hancock County, Kentucky; Spencer County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1995, 5:13 PM CDT for Daviess County, Hancock County, Kentucky; Spencer County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 1995, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Spencer County, IN, Daviess County, KY, Hancock County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1464 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1464 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1144 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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 312217 COR
SVREVV
INC147-KYC059-091-312300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
513 PM CDT MON JUL 31 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

   ...SPENCER COUNTY


IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

   ...DAVIESS COUNTY...HANCOCK COUNTY

AT 508 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH DAVIESS AND HANCOCK
COUNTIES. LARGE HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
STORM. IT IS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH AT AROUND 10 MPH AND SHOULD CROSS
THE OHIO RIVER INTO SPENCER COUNTY BY 540 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER NOW.


THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE A TORNADO. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


SLEIGHTER
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLogan, Muhlenberg61 min
Jul 31, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHart46 min
Jul 31, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox, Pike61 min

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.