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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 13, 1995Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 10:46 PM CDT for Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 10:46 PM CDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3482 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 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 291 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3482 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
359 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.4
Supercell composite
30.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 140346
SVREVV
KYC101-225-140430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1046 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...HENDERSON COUNTY...UNION COUNTY
 
AT 1042PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE OHIO RIVER
NEAR SHAWNEETOWN ILLINOS...35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE. IT WAS
MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. IT WILL MOVE TO NEAR UNIONTOWN KENTUCKY BY
1100 PM CDT AND CORYDON KENTUCKY BY 1110 PM. TAKE COVER IF THIS STORM
APPROACHES YOUR ARES.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DDRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
BLOCK

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, 9:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
INZALL-DDHHMM-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
930 PM EST SAT MAY 13 1995

IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VALPARAISO TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CONNERSVILLE.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...RICHMOND...
MUNCIE...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...WARSAW...AND VALPARAISO.

REMEMBER...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 LISTE\N FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 9:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
INZALL-140900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
930 PM EST SAT MAY 13 1995

IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VALPARAISO TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CONNERSVILLE.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...RICHMOND...
MUNCIE...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...WARSAW...AND VALPARAISO.

REMEMBER...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 THREAnTENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:10 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
INZALL-141000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1010 PM EST SAT MAY 13 1995

IN INDIANA  A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT  UNTIL 5 AM EST
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CONNERSVILLE...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CONNERSVILLE TO 30 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... EVANSVILLE...BEDFORD...BLOOMINGTON...
SCOTTSBURG...COLUMBUS...AND LAWRENCEBURG.

REMEMBER...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.
ELSON
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:35 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
INZALL-140600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1035 PM EST SAT MAY 13 1995

...TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF INDIANA OVERNIGHT...

TORNADO WATCHES COVER MOST OF INDIANA OVERNIGHT. ONE TORNADO WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 4 AM EST AND THE
OTHER TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA
UNTIL 5 AM EST.

AT 1030 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PER"SONS ACROSS INDIANA SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
.
TMA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion33 min
May 13, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenderson33 min
May 14, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock38 min
May 14, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHopkins31 min
May 14, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHopkins, Muhlenberg46 min
May 14, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGrayson37 min
May 14, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion52 min
May 14, 3:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLogan, Todd37 min
May 14, 3:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian37 min
May 14, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDAllen, Simpson, Warren34 min
May 14, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBarren, Hart33 min
May 14, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian, Logan, Todd43 min
May 14, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSimpson, Warren43 min
May 14, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTodd32 min
May 14, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLogan49 min
May 14, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSimpson, Warren41 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.