Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY
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.
- 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
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
DEWALDLocal 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
DEWALDLocal 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott, Washington | 38 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.