Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1995, 7:52 PM CDT for Warrick County, Indiana; Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1995, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Warrick County, IN, Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1908 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 100053 RRA SVREVV INC147-173-KYC101-225-100145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 752 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...SPENCER COUNTY...WARRICK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY ...HENDERSON COUNTY...UNION COUNTY AT 749 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR NORRIS CITY TO CARMI ILLINOIS...EAST TO THE EVANSVILLE AREA....THEN NORTHEAST TO NEAR DALE INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE WIND DAMAGE OVER POSEY COUNTY...AND HAVE PRODUCED A WIND GUST OF 40 MPH AT THE AIRPORT IN EVANSVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHxER 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. MM &
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, Aug 9, 4:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
INZ029-030-037-047-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 451 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA... AT 445 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE IN TIPPECANOE COUNTY AND EAST OF LEBANON IN NORTHEAST BOONE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THRU THE CITIES OF LAFAYETTE AND ZIONSVILLE BETWEEN 500 PM AND 6OO PM EST. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS vSHOULD MOVE INSIDE A SAFE SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
INZ029-030-037-047-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 451 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA... AT 445 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE IN TIPPECANOE COUNTY AND EAST OF LEBANON IN NORTHEAST BOONE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THRU THE CITIES OF LAFAYETTE AND ZIONSVILLE BETWEEN 500 PM AND 6OO PM EST. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A SAFE SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
INZ081>091-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 625 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST HALF OF INDIANA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR INDIANA LOCATIONS ROUGHLY WEST OF A CHICAGO TO INDIANAPOLIS TO LOUISVILLE LINE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THESE WATCHES ARE CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...JASPER AND VINCENNES. AT 620 PM EST...THUNDESTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH AND HAVE BEEN PRODUCING FLOODING RAINS ...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...BE SAFE AND GO TO REINFORCED SHELTER. TUCEK
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
INZ081>091-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 625 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST HALF OF INDIANA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR INDIANA LOCATIONS ROUGHLY WEST OF A CHICAGO TO INDIANAPOLIS TO LOUISVILLE LINE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THESE WATCHES ARE CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...JASPER AND VINCENNES. AT 620 PM EST...THUNDESTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH AND HAVE BEEN PRODUCING FLOODING RAINS ...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...BE SAFE AND GO TO REINFORCED SHELTER. TUCEK
Local storm report, Aug 9, 7:09 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
710 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
410 PM GOSPORT IN WIND DAMAGE
08/09/95 OWEN NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
415 PM SPENCER IN 0.75 INCH HAIL
08/09/95 OWEN
515 PM LAFAYETTE IN WIND DAMAGE
08/09/95 TIPPECANOE SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR
MCCUTCHEON HIGH SCHOOL
530 PM IN WIND DAMAGE
08/09/95 TIPPECANOE SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
COUNTY
DRTLocal storm report, Aug 9, 7:10 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
710 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
410 PM GOSPORT IN WIND DAMAGE
08/09/95 OWEN NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
415 PM SPENCER IN 0.75 INCH HAIL
08/09/95 OWEN
515 PM LAFAYETTE IN WIND DAMAGE
08/09/95 TIPPECANOE SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR
MCCUTCHEON HIGH SCHOOL
530 PM IN WIND DAMAGE
08/09/95 TIPPECANOE SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
COUNTY
DRTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Posey | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vanderburgh | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Spencer | 53 min |
| Aug 9, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 44 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.