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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 9, 1995Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1995, 11:20 AM CDT for Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 55 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1995, 11:20 AM CDT (16:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1995, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Todd County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 1995-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 348 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 1995-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
348 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
629 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 091621 RRA
SVREVV
KYC219-091715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1120 AM CDT WED AUG 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...TODD COUNTY
 
AT 1117 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
NORTHERN TODD COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 -15 MILES AN
HOUR. THIS STORM WILL REACH ALLEGRE BY 1130 AM CDT AND ELKTON BY 1145 AM
CDT. THIS STORM CONTAINS LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
CARICO
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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.