Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 10:15 AM CDT for Edmonson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 10:15 AM CDT (15:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Edmonson County, KY, Warren County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 131517 SVREVV KYC061-227-131545- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN ISSUED BY LOUISVILLE KY 1015 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...EDMONSON COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY AT 1113 AM EDT (1013 AM CDT) ...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDER OOVER NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL LAFFECT EDMONSOM COUNTY IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT GO NEAR DOWNED POWER LINES. MCT
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, 3 hours 29 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
Special weather statement, May 13, 8:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
INZ076>080-084-087>089-131530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 815 AM EST SAT MAY 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA... IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 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. AT 805 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS HOWEVER WERE SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. REMEMBER THAT A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DS
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, 7:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Christian, Todd | 33 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1995Every 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.