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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 8, 1995Perry County, Indiana; Hancock County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1995, 8:15 PM EST for Perry County, Indiana; Hancock County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 8:15 PM EST (01:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 9:00 PM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Perry County, IN, Hancock County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 090117
TOREVV
INC123-KYC091-090200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
815 PM CDT (815 PM EST) THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT (900 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...PERRY COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY
 
AT 810 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST WEST OF TELL
CITY INDIANA...35 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH. TELL CITY IS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE
WARNED AREA...TAKE COVER NOW.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
MM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDubois, Spencer41 min
Jun 8, 7:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarrick29 min
Jun 8, 7:42 PM ESTTornado WarningINDSpencer, Warrick63 min
Jun 8, 8:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPosey, Vanderburgh59 min
Jun 8, 9:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSpencer, Warrick63 min
Jun 8, 9:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry63 min
Jun 9, 5:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGibson, Vanderburgh46 min
Jun 8, 7:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion, Webster41 min
Jun 8, 9:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarren57 min
Jun 8, 9:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGrayson57 min
Jun 8, 9:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBarren, Edmonson, Hart55 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.