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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 31, 1995Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1995, 5:59 PM CDT for Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 1995, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Hart County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 312300 RRA
SVREVV
KYC099-312345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
559 PM CDT MON JUL 31 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...HART COUNTY
 
AT 600 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST
HART COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND
WILL REACH MUNFORDVILLE AND CANMER BEFORE 630 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM 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.

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, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Hancock47 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.