Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 3:59 PM CDT for Christian County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 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, 9.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 182059 SVREVV KYC047-227-182130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 359 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY AT 356 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CHRISTIAN COUNTY...10 MILES WEST OF HOPKINSVILLE...AND INTO SOUTHWEST WARREN COUNTY...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN. A PREVIOUS STORM MOVING INTO BOWLING GREEN HAD PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AROUND 330 PM CDT. HOPKINSVILLE AND BOWLING GREEN ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALL,Y DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MM &
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, 12:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
INZ067-081-082-085>088-190000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1243 PM EST THU MAY 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 7 PM EST/CDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 7 PM EST/CDT. THE WATCH IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO TELL CITY. SOME CITIES INCLUDE IN THE WATCH ARE... EVANSVILLE...VINCENNES...NEW HARMONY...BOONVILLE...PETERSBURG. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER ILLINOIS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. MES
Local storm report, May 18, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
237 PM EST THU MAY 18 1995
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
EXAMPLES:
0215 PM 10 MI EAST OF DANVILLE IN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO
05/18/95 VERMILLION REPORTED BY PUBLIC
AT HIGHWAY 63 AND I-74
INTERSECTIONLocal storm report, May 18, 2:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
237 PM EST THU MAY 18 1995
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
0215 PM 10 MI EAST OF DANVILLE IN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO
05/18/95 VERMILLION REPORTED BY PUBLIC
AT HIGHWAY 63 AND I-74
INTERSECTIONSpecial weather statement, May 18, 3:46 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
INZ001>092-190400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST THU MAY 18 1995 IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONNERSVILLE... AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE EVANSVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS... JASPER...BEDFORD...NEW ALBANY...LAWRENCEBURG...GREENSBURG. THIS WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH 439 IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA. 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 THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Hancock, Henderson | 4 hr |
| May 18, 2:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Union | 4 hr |
| May 18, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hopkins, Webster | 37 min |
| May 18, 3:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 33 min |
| May 18, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Christian, Logan, Muhlenberg, Todd | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Butler, Grayson, Ohio, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Allen, Barren, Monroe, Simpson | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hart | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | McLean | 3 hr |
| May 18, 1:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Allen, Barren, Monroe | 28 min |
| May 18, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 31 min |
| May 18, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 32 min |
| May 18, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Barren, Warren | 11 min |
| May 18, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Logan, Todd | 40 min |
| May 18, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edmonson, Hart | 38 min |
| May 18, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Logan, Todd | 36 min |
| May 18, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Warren | 35 min |
| May 18, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Barren | 37 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.