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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 1995Edmonson County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1995, 4:39 PM CDT for Edmonson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 25, 1995, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Edmonson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 1995-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 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 1995-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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 252139
SVREVV
KYC061-252215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
439 PM CDT THU MAY 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...EDMONSON COUNTY
 
AT 435 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 30
MILES SOUTHEAST OF OWENSBORO. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO THE EAST AROUND 25
MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH THE TOWN OF SWEEDEN BY 5 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM MOVE INDOORS.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILPDING.  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

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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.