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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 22, 1991Muhlenberg County, Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 1991, 10:37 AM CST for Muhlenberg County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 1991, 10:37 AM CST (16:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 1991, 11:10 AM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1991-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1991-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -233 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 6:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarrick39 min
Mar 21, 7:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSpencer30 min
Mar 21, 7:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry26 min
Mar 21, 9:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPosey, Vanderburgh33 min
Mar 21, 9:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion29 min
Mar 22, 1:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGrayson, Ohio34 min
Mar 22, 3:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDAllen, Barren34 min
Mar 22, 10:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian31 min
Mar 22, 11:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion29 min
Mar 22, 11:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDUnion28 min
Mar 22, 11:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDHenderson58 min
Mar 22, 11:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenderson, Union58 min
Mar 22, 12:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDHenderson, Union118 min
Mar 22, 4:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, McLean2 hr

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.