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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 8, 1991Spencer County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1991, 5:50 PM CDT for Spencer County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 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
Jul 8, 1991, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1991, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Spencer County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 6:00 PM CDTHail 0.75Spencer, 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 text

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

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 8, 2:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
INZ012-013-082100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
333 PM EST MON JUL 8 1991

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY EXPIRED AT
315 PM EST.

AT 325 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA FROM JUST SOUTH OF BEDFORD TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 10 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD
AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT WILLIAMS DAM AROUND 310 PM EST BY THE
LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF. WILLIAMS DAM IS 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STRONGEST STORMS INCLUDE GUTHRIE...
BARTLETTSVILLE...HELTONVILLE...BREWERSVILLE AND BUTLERVILLE.

PEOPLE IN THESE CITIES SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AND PREPARE FOR STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WA%TCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO.
STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
INZ012-013-082100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
333 PM EST MON JUL 8 1991

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY EXPIRED AT
315 PM EST.

AT 325 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA FROM JUST SOUTH OF BEDFORD TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 10 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD
AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT WILLIAMS DAM AROUND 310 PM EST BY THE
LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF. WILLIAMS DAM IS 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STRONGEST STORMS INCLUDE ORLEANS...LEIPSIC...
BREWERSVILLE AND BUTLERVILLE.

PEOPLE IN THESE CITIES SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AND PREPARE FOR STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 8REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST FOR THAT
PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE
TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO.
STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
INZALL-082245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
447 PM EST MON JUL 8 1991

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST
OF EVANSVILLE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEBURG. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA.

AT 445 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONGM
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE TO NEAR MADISON INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SBH
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:47 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
INZALL-082345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
545 PM EST MON JUL 8 1991

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA
UNTIL 900 PM EST.

AT C545 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA FROM EAST OF EVANSVILLE TO
NORTH OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SBH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJasper, Newton37 min
Jul 7, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPulaski42 min
Jul 7, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJasper, White32 min
Jul 7, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte53 min
Jul 7, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarshall52 min
Jul 7, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte42 min
Jul 7, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko42 min
Jul 7, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarshall69 min
Jul 7, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte69 min
Jul 7, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko40 min
Jul 8, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDStarke45 min
Jul 8, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPulaski49 min
Jul 8, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFulton54 min
Jul 8, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, White49 min
Jul 8, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPulaski28 min
Jul 8, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Tipton51 min
Jul 8, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush36 min
Jul 8, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur41 min
Jul 8, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings27 min
Jul 8, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence30 min
Jul 8, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry37 min
Jul 8, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry26 min
Jul 8, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGrayson, Ohio51 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.