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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 16, 1995Christian County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 11:15 AM CDT for Christian County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Christian County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 161619 COR
SVREVV
KYC047-161700-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION 2ND SENTENCE DIRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1115 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 LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

   ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY

AT 1112 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST MOVING INTO
CHRISTIAN COUNTY...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOPKINSVILLE. IT WAS MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL REACH THE HOPKINSVILLE AREA AROUND 1130 AM CDT.
TAKE COVER IN A REIFORCED BUILDING IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.

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 DRIVE 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 16, 8:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 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, 11:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDButler, Muhlenberg, Ohio57 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.