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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 18, 1995Allen County, Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 1:02 PM CDT for Allen County, Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 1995, 1:02 PM CDT (18:02 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Monroe County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 4.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 181801
TOREVV
KYC003-009-171-181830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
102 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...ALLEN COUNTY...BARREN COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNDAO NEAR SCOTSVILLE KENTUCKY AT 100 PM
CDT. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR GLASGOW
KENTUCKY BY ABOUT 120 PM CDT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPR0ACHES YOUR AREA.
 
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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 2:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Hancock, Henderson	4 hr
May 18, 2:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Union	4 hr
May 18, 3:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hopkins, Webster	37 min
May 18, 3:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio	33 min
May 18, 4:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Christian, Logan, Muhlenberg, Todd	3 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Butler, Grayson, Ohio, Warren	3 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Allen, Barren, Monroe, Simpson	3 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hart	3 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	McLean	3 hr
May 18, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Warren	31 min
May 18, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Christian	31 min
May 18, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd	32 min
May 18, 4:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Barren, Warren	11 min
May 18, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Logan, Todd	40 min
May 18, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Edmonson, Hart	38 min
May 18, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Logan, Todd	36 min
May 18, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Warren	35 min
May 18, 5:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Barren	37 min

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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.