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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 18, 1995Logan County, Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 4:50 PM CDT for Logan County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Logan County, KY, Todd County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1151 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 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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 office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 2:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, Hancock, Henderson4 hr
May 18, 2:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDUnion4 hr
May 18, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHopkins, Webster37 min
May 18, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMcLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio33 min
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDChristian, Logan, Muhlenberg, Todd3 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDButler, Grayson, Ohio, Warren3 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDAllen, Barren, Monroe, Simpson3 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDHart3 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDMcLean3 hr
May 18, 1:02 PM CDTTornado WarningINDAllen, Barren, Monroe28 min
May 18, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarren31 min
May 18, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian31 min
May 18, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd32 min
May 18, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBarren, Warren11 min
May 18, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDEdmonson, Hart38 min
May 18, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningINDLogan, Todd36 min
May 18, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningINDWarren35 min
May 18, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBarren37 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.