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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 18, 1995Hopkins County, Webster County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 3:23 AM CDT for Hopkins County, Webster County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 3:23 AM CDT (08:23 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hopkins County, KY, Webster County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 916 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 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
916 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 180824
SVREVV
KYC107-233-180900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
323 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...HOPKINS COUNTY...WEBSTER COUNTY
 
AT 320 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A LINE OF STRONG STORMS
MOVING INTO WEBSTER AND HOPKINS COUNTY TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF WIND GUSTS TO 84 MPH. THESE STORMS
WILL MOVE INTO PROVIDENCE BY 345 AM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY NOW.
 
 
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.
 
 
SLEIGHTER
 
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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 18, 1:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
INZ067>069-076>079-081>089-181200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
107 AM EST THU MAY 18 1995

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA
UNTIL 7 AM EST.

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA
UNTIL 7 AM EST. IN INDIANA THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PORTION SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MADISON.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE MADISON...EVANSVILLE...JASPER
...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...AND NEW ALBANY.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER
IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENIN^G WEATHER CONDITIONS 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 18, 2:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, Hancock, Henderson4 hr
May 18, 2:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDUnion4 hr
May 18, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMcLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio33 min
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDChristian, Logan, Muhlenberg, Todd3 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDButler, Grayson, Ohio, Warren3 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDAllen, Barren, Monroe, Simpson3 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDHart3 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDMcLean3 hr
May 18, 1:02 PM CDTTornado WarningINDAllen, Barren, Monroe28 min
May 18, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarren31 min
May 18, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian31 min
May 18, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd32 min
May 18, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBarren, Warren11 min
May 18, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningINDLogan, Todd40 min
May 18, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDEdmonson, Hart38 min
May 18, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningINDLogan, Todd36 min
May 18, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningINDWarren35 min
May 18, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBarren37 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.