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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 269, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 18, 1995Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1995, 8:43 PM CDT for Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 1995, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Warren County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 00:00Z on 1995-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2067 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 00:00Z on 1995-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
2067 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 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 
WUUS1 KEVV 200145
SVREVV
KYC227-190230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
843 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 843 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTH OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BOWLING GREEN AREA BEFORE
9 PM CDT AND TO NEAR WOODBURN BEFORE 930 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 DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
ZIMMER

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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.