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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY

April 8, 1995Jefferson County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1995, 5:23 PM EST for Jefferson County, Indiana. It was in force for 22 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 1995, 5:23 PM EST (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1995, 5:45 PM EST
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1241 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 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 082225 RRA
SVRSDF
INC077-082245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...RETRANSMISSION
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
623 PM EDT SAT APR 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH INDIANA
 
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
AT 615 PM...JEFFERSON COUNTY INDIANA SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE...OR NEAR DEPUTY
INDIANA. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS
MOVING DUE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PASS THROUGH SMYRNA BY 630 PM AND
SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF MADISON.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  GO TO
THE INTERIOR SECTION...OR PREFERABLY A BASEMENT OR LOWEST LEVEL
IF POSSIBLE.  DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM
ALL DOWNED WIRES.
 
 
 
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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.