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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

April 8, 1995Clark County, Jefferson County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1995, 11:37 PM EDT for Clark County, Jefferson County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 1995, 11:37 PM EDT (03:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1995, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clark County, IN, Jefferson County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 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 KSDF 090339 RRA
SVRSDF
INC019-077-090415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1137 PM EDT SAT APR 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
AT 1136 EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LEXINGTON IN SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY...WHICH IS 25 MILES NORTH OF
LOUISVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT
CHELSEA AND NEW WASHINGTON THROUGH 1215 AM EDT. HAIL 3/4" OR LARGER CAN
BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
RNK/VLD

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
900 PM EDT SAT APR 08 1995

TIME       .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....        ...REMARKS...

855 EDT    NEAR MADISON              IN   QUARTER SIZE HAIL
4/8/95     JEFFERSON COUNTY

DEWALD
Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
900 PM EDT SAT APR 08 1995

TIME       .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....        ...REMARKSb...

855 EDT    NEAR MADISON              IN   QUARTER SIZE HAIL
4/8/95     JEFFERSON COUNTY

DEWALD
Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
920 PM EDT SAT APR 08 1995

TIME       .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....        ...REMARKS...

910 EDT    NEAR MILTON               KY   MARBLE SIZE HAIL...MOSTLY
4/8/95     TRIMBLE COUNTY                 1/2" WITH SOME 3/4" MIXED
                                          IN

DEWALD
Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
920 PM EDT SAT APR 08 1995

TIME       .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....        ...REMARKS...

910 EDT    NEAR MILTON               KY   MARBLE SIZE HAIL...MOSTLY
4/8/95     TRIMBLE COUNTY                 1/2" WITH SOME 3/4" MIXED
                                          IN

DEWALD
Local storm report, Apr 8, 11:20 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1120 PM EDT SAT APR 08 1995

TIME       .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....        ...REMARKS...

1119 EDT    IN SCOTTSBURG             IN    1" HAIL
4/8/95      SCOTT COUNTY

1122 EDT    SOUTH OF SCOTTSBURG       IN    1/2" HAIL
4/8/95      SCOTT COUNTY

DEWALD
Local storm report, Apr 8, 11:26 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1120 PM EDT SAT APR 08 1995

TIME       .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....        ...REMARKS...

1119 EDT    IN SCOTTSBURG             IN    1" HAIL
4/8/95      SCOTT COUNTY

1122 EDT    SOUTH OF SCOTTSBURG       IN    1/2" HAIL
4/8/95      SCOTT COUNTY

DEWALD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson51 min
Apr 8, 10:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Washington38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.