Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1995, 8:16 PM CDT for Daviess County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1995, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Daviess County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 100117 RRA SVREVV ILC059-KYC059-100200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 816 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...GALLATIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY ...DAVIESS COUNTY AT 813 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY...AND NORTHERN GALLATIN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS GUSTS OF NEAR 60 MPH. 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 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. 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, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 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 48 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, 1 hour 7 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, 1 hour 6 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
DRTSpecial weather statement, Aug 9, 8:11 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
INZ019-028-035-036-043>046-051>054-060>063-067>071-076>078- 081>089-100230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 813 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR MOST OF INDIANA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. INDIANA COUNTIES NO LONGER IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BENSON...WARREN...FOUNTAIN...MONTGOMERY...VERMILLION...PARKE PUTNAM...HENDRICKS...VIGO...CLAY...OWEN...MONROE...MORGAN...BROWN SULLIVAN...GREENE...LAWRENCE AND JACKSON. COUNTIES STILL IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES TIL 11 PM EST INCLUDE KNOX...DAVIESS...MARTIN...ORANGE...WASHINGTON...SCOTT...CLARK FLOYD...HARRISON...CRAWFORD...DUBOIS...PERRY...SPENCER...WARRICK VANDERBURGH...POSEY...GIBSON AND PIKE. AT 800 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM VINCENNES TO SALEM INDIANA MOVING SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE SINCE 630 PM EST. DRT
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 8:13 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
INZ019-028-035-036-043>046-051>054-060>063-067>071-076>078- 081>089-100230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 813 PM EST WED AUG 9 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR MOST OF INDIANA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. INDIANA COUNTIES NO LONGER IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BENSON...WARREN...FOUNTAIN...MONTGOMERY...VERMILLION...PARKE PUTNAM...HENDRICKS...VIGO...CLAY...OWEN...MONROE...MORGAN...BROWN SULLIVAN...GREENE...LAWRENCE AND JACKSON. COUNTIES STILL IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES TIL 11 PM EST INCLUDE KNOX...DAVIESS...MARTIN...ORANGE...WASHINGTON...SCOTT...CLARK FLOYD...HARRISON...CRAWFORD...DUBOIS...PERRY...SPENCER...WARRICK VANDERBURGH...POSEY...GIBSON AND PIKE. AT 800 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM VINCENNES TO SALEM INDIANA MOVING SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE SINCE 630 PM EST. DRT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henderson, Union | 53 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.