Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1995, 7:19 PM CDT for Hopkins County, Webster County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1995, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 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, 0.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1860 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 290021 SVREVV KYC107-233-290100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 719 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY ...HOPKINS COUNTY...WEBSTER COUNTY AT 720 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN WEBSTER AND HOPKINS COUNTIES NEAR PROVIDENCE AND DAWSON SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL REACH MADISONVILLE AND DIXON BY 745 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. SEVERE THUNDEjRSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. BLOCK
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 28, 1:33 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
INZ001>092-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 134 PM EST SUN MAY 28 1995 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SOUTH BEND TO TERRE HAUTE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...FORT WAYNE... LOGANSPORT...KOKOMO...MARION...LAFAYETTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON... MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON... COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR...JASPER...MADISON AND EVANSVILLE. 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. . ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
INZ002>089-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 421 PM EST SUN MAY 28 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO 30 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST/900 PM EDT. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN INDIANA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 415 PM EST SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OVER NORTHEAST INDIANA FROM NORTH OF MUNCIE TO NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST. SBH
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
INZ005>009-016>018-023>027-031>034-037>042-046>050-054>059-062>066- 070>080-084-089-052330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 526 PM EST SUN MAY 28 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST/900 PM EDT. AT 525 PM EST SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST INDIANA AROUND FORT WAYNE. THERE WERE NOT ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN ANY OTHER PARTS OF INDIANA. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP BEFORE SUNSET OVER CENTRAL OR EASTERN INDIANA. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN INDIANA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND LISTEN FOR LATER STfATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE COVER IN A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SBH
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:33 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
INZ005>009-016>018-023>027-031>034-037>042-046>050-054>059-062>066- 070>080-084-089-290030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 633 PM EST SUN MAY 28 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING OVER EASTERN INDIANA...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. SBH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union | 21 min |
| May 28, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Henderson | 39 min |
| May 28, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Christian | 27 min |
| May 28, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 27 min |
| May 28, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Henderson | 31 min |
| May 28, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Christian | 37 min |
| May 28, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Logan | 35 min |
| May 28, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Logan, Warren | 44 min |
| May 28, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.