Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1996, 10:55 AM CST for Union County, Kentucky; Gallatin County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 1996, 10:55 AM CST (16:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1996, 11:45 AM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gallatin County, IL, Union County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 588 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 181656 RRA SVREVV ILC059-KYC225-181745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 1055 AM CST THU JAN 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...GALLATIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY ...UNION COUNTY AT 1050 AM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GALLATIN COUNTY ILLINOIS AND UNION COUNTY IN KENTUCKY. THE STROMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH THE CONFLUENCE OF THE OHIO AND WABASH RIVERS BY 1115 AM CST. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM . THOSE IN THE PATH OF TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY TO SAVE YOUR LIFE. LAMBERTY A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 5:14 AM CST, 5 hours 41 minutes before
INZ002>089-181700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 615 AM EST THU JAN 18 1996 ...A DRASTIC WEATHER CHANGE IS IN STORE FOR INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THE UNSEASONABLY MILD WEATHER THAT INDIANA HAS ENJOYED THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS IS ABOUT TO COME TO AN ABRUPT END LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO TUMBLE 40 TO 50 DEGREES ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE DRASTIC WEATHER CHANGE CAN BE BLAMED ON A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN AND TRACK NORTHEASTWARD RAPIDLY ACROSS ILLINOIS DURING THE DAY TODAY TO BE LOCATED NEAR CHICAGO ILLINOIS BY EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE STATE BY THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING IN WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO INDIANA. THIS WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL SPARK SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE STATE TODAY. LATE THIS AFTERNOON...A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. AS THIS COLD FRONT MOVES EAST THROUGH THE STATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL TAKE A TUMBLE. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THIS FRONT IN WESTERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN IOWA WERE IN THE TEENS WHILE TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR ZERO IN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. THIS IS TYPE OF AIR THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO INDIANA BEHIND THE FRONT. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL AS MUCH AS 30 DEGREES IN A PERIOD OF A FEW HOURS. OVERNIGHT...THE RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE STATE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 5 TO 15 DEGREE RANGE BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS COUPLED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO AS LOW AS 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN PARTS OF THE STATE. RESIDENTS ACROSS INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A SHARP DROP IN TEMPERATURES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TRAVdELER/S LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ICE FORMING ON ROADS THAT ARE STILL WET FROM TODAY/S RAIN AS TEMPERATURES FALL QUICKLY BELOW FREEZING. JAS
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 5:15 AM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
INZ002>089-181700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 615 AM EST THU JAN 18 1996 ...A DRASTIC WEATHER CHANGE IS IN STORE FOR INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THE UNSEASONABLY MILD WEATHER THAT INDIANA HAS ENJOYED THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS IS ABOUT TO COME TO AN ABRUPT END LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO TUMBLE 40 TO 50 DEGREES ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE DRASTIC WEATHER CHANGE CAN BE BLAMED ON A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN AND TRACK NORTHEASTWARD RAPIDLY ACROSS ILLINOIS DURING THE DAY TODAY TO BE LOCATED NEAR CHICAGO ILLINOIS BY EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE STATE BY THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING IN WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO INDIANA. THIS WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL SPARK SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE STATE TODAY. LATE THIS AFTERNOON...A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. AS THIS COLD FRONT MOVES EAST THROUGH THE STATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL TAKE A TUMBLE. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THIS FRONT IN WESTERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN IOWA WERE IN THE TEENS WHILE TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR ZERO IN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. THIS IS TYPE OF AIR THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO INDIANA BEHIND THE FRONT. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL AS MUCH AS 30 DEGREES IN A PERIOD OF A FEW HOURS. OVERNIGHT...THE RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE STATE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 5 TO 15 DEGREE RANGE BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS COUPLED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO AS LOW AS 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN PARTS OF THE STATE. RESIDENTS ACROSS INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A SHARP DROP IN TEMPERATURES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TRAVELER/S LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ICE FORMING ON ROADS THAT ARE STILL WET FROM TODAY/S RAIN AS TEMPERATURES FALL QUICKLY BELOW FREEZING. JAS
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 10:21 AM CST, 34 minutes before
INZ060-061-067>070-076-081>089-182200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1123 AM EST THU JAN 18 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 5 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 5 PM EST (4 PM CST). THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SULLIVAN...BLOOMFIELD...BEDFORD...VINCENNES...EVANSVILLE AND PETERSBURG. AT 1120 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE SHOWING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL ILLINOIS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THIS AREA. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR INFORMATION ON THIS WATCH AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 10:23 AM CST, 32 minutes before
INZ060-061-067>070-076-081>089-182200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1123 AM EST THU JAN 18 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 5 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 5 PM EST (4 PM CST). THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SULLIVAN...BLOOMFIELD...BEDFORD...VINCENNES...EVANSVILLE AND PETERSBURG. AT 1120 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE SHOWING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL ILLINOIS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THIS AREA. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR INFORMATION ON THIS WATCH AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LASHLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 11:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henderson | 36 min |
| Jan 18, 11:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, McLean, Muhlenberg | 36 min |
| Jan 18, 11:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Todd | 36 min |
| Jan 18, 11:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Ohio | 33 min |
| Jan 18, 12:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 34 min |
| Jan 18, 12:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Grayson | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1996Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
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.