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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 1995Logan County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1995, 7:20 PM CDT for Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1995, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Logan County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 1995-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 314 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 1995-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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 260021
SVREVV
KYC141-260045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
720 PM CDT THU MAY 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...LOGAN COUNTY
 
AT 715 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN
LOGAN COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTH OF LEWISBURG. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARDS
THE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE JUST NORTH OF RUSSELLVINE
BY 735. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER NOW.
 
 
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.

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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.