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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 10, 1991Edmonson County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1991, 11:14 AM CDT for Edmonson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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 10, 1991, 11:14 AM CDT (16:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1991, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Edmonson County, KY, Warren County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 11:30 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Warren, KY
Jul 10, 11:40 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Edmonson, 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 1991-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2087 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1991-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2087 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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
Jul 10, 11:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDAllen, Barren42 min

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.