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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 14, 1995Hopkins County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 12:59 AM CDT for Hopkins County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Hopkins County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 140600
SVREVV
KYC107-140630-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1259 AM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...HOPKINS COUNTY
 
AT 0055 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WEST OF DAWSON SPRINGS KENTUCKY MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH THE MADISONVILLE AREA BY 110 AM CDT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenderson, Union44 min
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, 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.