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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 16, 1995Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 11:03 AM CDT for Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 11:03 AM CDT (16:03 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Butler County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 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 161605 COR
SVREVV
KYC183-031-177-161700-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1103 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

   ...SOUTHERN OHIO COUNTY

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

   ...BUTLER COUNTY...MUHLENBERG COUNTY

AT 1100 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CENTRAL
CENTRAL CITY KENTUCKY...35 MILES SOUTH OWENSBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE TO GREENVILLE BY 1120 AM CDT AND MORGANTOWN
BY ABOUT 1145 AM CDT. TAKE COVER IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.

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.
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 16, 8:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
INZ085>089-161900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
841 AM EST TUE MAY 16 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST
INDIANA UNTIL 200 PM EST/CDT...

THE WATCH INCLUDES POSEY SPENCER VANDERBURGH WARRICK AND PERRY
COUNTIES...AND THE COMMUNITIES OF OF EVANSVILLE NEW HARMONY BOONVILLE
ROCKPORT AND TELL CITY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE STORMS CONTAIN DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. PEOPLE IN AND
NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOxIS WILL MOVE ACROSS
EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA THIS MORNING.

DS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian45 min
May 16, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLogan, Warren53 min
May 16, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTodd53 min
May 16, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDAllen, Simpson36 min
May 16, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.