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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 22, 1991Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 1991, 11:47 AM CST for Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky. It was in force for 58 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
Mar 22, 1991, 11:47 AM CST (17:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 1991, 12:45 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 22, 11:52 AM CSTHail 0.75Henderson, KY
Mar 22, 12:08 PM CSTHail 3Henderson, 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 nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY 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.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
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, 10:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMuhlenberg, Todd33 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, 12:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDHenderson, Union118 min
Mar 22, 4:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, McLean2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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.