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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 17, 1995Daviess County, Hancock County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1995, 4:52 PM CDT for Daviess County, Hancock County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1995, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Daviess County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Ohio County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1244 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 264 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
8.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 172153 RRA
SVREVV
KYC059-091-183-172230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
452 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...DAVIESS COUNTY...HANCOCK COUNTY...NORTHERN OHIO COUNTY
 
AT 450 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED STONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH
OF OWENSBORO. THESE STORMS WERE OVER CALHOUN KENTUCKY...AND LIVERMORE.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH
WHITESVILLE AND PLEASANT RIDGE BY 505 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS MOVE INDOORS.
 
 
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.
 
 
NIEMEIER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 4:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDHenderson3 hr
May 17, 5:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess3 hr
May 17, 5:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDHancock3 hr
May 17, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHopkins, McLean, Webster53 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.