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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 2, 1991Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1991, 2:57 PM CDT for Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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
Jul 2, 1991, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1991, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Perry County, IN, Hancock County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 3:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Hancock, KY
Jul 2, 3:22 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Perry, IN

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 nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1991-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2110 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1991-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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 KEVV 022005 COR
SVREVV
KYC091-INC123-022030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
257 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVIC

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, Jul 2, 12:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
INZ004-005-007>009-021900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1255 PM EST TUE JUL 2 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA...

AT 1255 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST
INDIANA FROM NEAR LOGANSPORT TO MONTICELLO AND EXTENDED INTO EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

STATE POLICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR REMINGTON OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LAFAYETTE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND MOVING
TOWARD THE TOWN OF WOLCOTT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND MOVE
INTO CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

SINCE THIS IS A DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATIYON PERSONS IN NORTHWEST AND
CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING
IS ISSUED.

TMA
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
INZALL-021930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
136 PM EST TUE JUL 2 1991

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF INDIANA
UNTIL 800 PM EST. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE KOKOMO...
LAFAYETTE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...JASPER AND
EVANSVILLE.

AT 135 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
WERE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR LOCKPORT...TO 50 MILES
WEST OF LAFAYETTE IN EASTERN ILLINOIS.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR KENTLAND.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOWN OF GOODLAND.
PEOPLE IN GOODLAND CAN EXPECT EXTRMELY HEAVY RAIN...GSUTY WINDS...AND
SMALL HAIL BETWEEN 140 AND 150 PM EST.

SBH
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:03 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
INZALL-022000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
200 PM EST TUE JUL 2 1991

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF INDIANA
UNTIL 800 PM EST. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE KOKOMO...
LAFAYETTE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...JASPER AND
EVANSVILLE.

AT 155 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30
MILES EAST OF LOGANSPORT TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR LOGANSPORT...AND 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LAFAYETTE NEAR EARL PARK. AT 155 PM EST AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL 6 MILES SOUTH OF LOGANSPORT.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF
ROUNDGROVE...OTTERBEIN...BUNKER HILL...AND PERU CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN
...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL BETWEEN 200 AND 230 PM EST.

HARLEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGrayson62 min
Jul 2, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian, Todd41 min
Jul 1, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart, Saint Joseph25 min
Jul 1, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart53 min
Jul 2, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass37 min
Jul 2, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1991Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.