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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 28, 1995Union County, Webster County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 1995, 7:45 AM CDT for Union County, Webster County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1995, 7:45 AM CDT (12:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1995, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Union County, KY, Webster County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 1995-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 595 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 1995-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
595 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 281246
TOREVV
KYC225-233-281330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
745 AM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY...WESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY
 
AT 743 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDIUCATED A TORNADO DEVELOPING NEAR
STURGIS KENTUCKY. THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
AROUND 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER NOW. CLAY
KENTUCKY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
MM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 8:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHopkins52 min
Jul 28, 8:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian34 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.