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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 18, 1995Henderson County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1995, 5:24 PM CDT for Henderson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 1995, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Henderson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 1995-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2622 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 1995-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
2622 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 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 182225 RRA
SVREVV
KYC101-182300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
524 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...WESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY
 
AT 524 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15
MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE AND NEAR CORYDON KENTUCKY. THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH...AND WILL
MOVE INTO THE ROBARDS KENTUCKY AREA BEFORE 6 PM CDT.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
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 DRIV&E INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
ZIMMER

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 18, 1:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
INZ037-182000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
154 PM EST FRI AUG 18 1995

AN UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED OVER CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WERE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
AREA...BUT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES LITTLE OR NO CIRCULATION IN THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. THEREFORE...THESE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY TO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

IF THERE ARE ANY MORE FUNNELS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEY WILL LIKELY
BE VERY SHORT LIVED AND REMAIN ALOFT. HOWEVER...IF YOU THINK YOU
SPOT A FUNNEL SEEK COVER IMMEDIATELY.

WHEN TRYING TO SPOT A FUNNEL...REMEMBER TO LOOK FOR ROTATION IN THE
SUSPICIOUS CLOUD. IF THE CLOUD IS NOT ROTATING...IT PROBABLY IS NOT A
FUNNEL.

SGE
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 1:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
INZ037-182000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
154 PM EST FRI AUG 18 1995

AN UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED OVER CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WERE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
AREA...BUT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES LITTLE OR NO CIRCULATION IN THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. THEREFORE...THESE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY TO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

IF THERE ARE ANY MORE FUNNELS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEY WILL LIKELY
BE VERY SHORT LIVED AND REMAIN ALOFT. HOWEVER...IF YOU THINK YOU
SPOT A FUNNEL SEEK COVER IMMEDIATELY.

WHEN TRYING TO SPOT A FUNNEL...REMEMBER TO LOOK FOR ROTATION IN THE
SUSPICIOUS CLOUD. IF THE CLOUD IS NOT ROTATING...IT PROBABLY IS NOT 8A
FUNNEL.

SGE

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.