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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 27, 1995Allen County, Barren County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1995, 5:09 PM CDT for Allen County, Barren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1995, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 1995-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 326 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 1995-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 272211
SVREVV
KYC003-009-272315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
509 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...ALLEN COUNTY...BARREN COUNTY
 
AT 507 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BOWLING GREEN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL REACH SCOTTSVILLE BY 520 PM CDT AND INTO GLASGOW BY 535 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

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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.