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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 7, 1995Allen County, Barren County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1995, 2:07 PM CST for Allen County, Barren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 1995, 2:07 PM CST (20:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 1995, 2:45 PM CST
In force
38 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, 8.1 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 1995-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 85 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 1995-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 326 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
85 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
355 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 072005 RRA
TOREVV
KYC003-009-072045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
207 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...ALLEN COUNTY...BARREN COUNTY
 
WSR 88D DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES EAST OF SCOTSVILLE IN
ALLEN COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN. THE TORNAA WAS
MOVING NORTHEAT AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH GLASGOW KENTUCKY...30 MILES
EAST OF BOWLING GREEN BY 215 PM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IN A
REINFORCED BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
BLOCK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 1:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDAllen, Barren38 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.