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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 8, 1995Spencer County, Warrick County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1995, 7:42 PM CDT for Spencer County, Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Spencer County, IN, Warrick County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3366 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1273 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 090045
TOREVV
INC147-173-090145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
742 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...SPENCER COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN WARRICK COUNTY
 
AT 738 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SOUTHEAST
WARRICK COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF
YANKEETOWN...ROCKPORT AND LAMAR SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A POSSIBLE
TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER NOW!
 
 
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.
 
SLEIGHTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDubois, Spencer41 min
Jun 8, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarrick29 min
Jun 8, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningINDPerry45 min
Jun 8, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPosey, Vanderburgh59 min
Jun 8, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSpencer, Warrick63 min
Jun 8, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry63 min
Jun 9, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGibson, Vanderburgh46 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.