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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 9, 1988Butler County, Grayson County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1988, 3:54 PM CDT for Butler County, Grayson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1988, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1988, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Butler County, KY, Grayson County, KY

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 4:12 PM CDTHail 0.75Butler, KY

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBenton24 min
May 9, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware35 min
May 9, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush36 min
May 9, 12:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.