Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1996, 12:36 PM CST for Grayson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 54 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, 12:36 PM CST (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1996, 1:30 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grayson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 WUUS1 KEVV 181837 RRA SVREVV KYC085-181930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 1236 PM CST THU JAN 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...GRAYSON COUNTY AT 1234 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF GRAYSON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...TAKE COVER NOW. 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. MM
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, 10:21 AM CST, 2 hours 15 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, 2 hours 13 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, 10:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union | 50 min |
| 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.