Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hancock, KY | |
| Jul 2, 3:22 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Perry, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Grayson | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Christian, Todd | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 39 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.