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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 18, 1996Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1996, 11:39 AM CST for Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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, 11:39 AM CST (17:39 UTC)
Expired: Jan 18, 1996, 12:15 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Todd County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 181741
SVREVV
KYC059-149-177-219-181815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1139 AM CST THU JAN 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...DAVIESS COUNTY...MCLEAN COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...MUHLENBERG COUNTY...TODD COUNTY
 
AT 1139 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
TODD...MUHLENBERG...MCLEAN AND DAVIESS COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
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, 1 hour 18 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, 1 hour 16 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, 11:57 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

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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.