Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1991, 8:07 PM CDT for Christian County, Hopkins County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1991, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Christian County, KY, Hopkins County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hopkins, 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 3642 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
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, 3:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 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, 4 hours 28 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, 3 hours 20 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, 2 hours 20 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
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
INZALL-090055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 655 PM EST MON JUL 8 1991 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM EVANSVILLE TO NEW ALBANY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF INDIANA ALONG THE OHIO RIVER BETWEEN EVANSVILLE AND LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY UNTIL 900 PM EST. AT 650 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER BETWEEN EVANSVILLE INDIANA AND LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SBH
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 7:35 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
INZALL-090130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 733 PM EST MON JUL 8 1991 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 730 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA...JUST SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD BEEN OCCURRING OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA HAD MOVED INTO KENTUCKY. SBH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edmonson, Hart | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Butler | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Muhlenberg | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Barren | 22 min |
| Jul 8, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Muhlenberg | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Christian | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 10:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Christian | 2 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.