Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1991, 4:41 PM EST for Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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
- Aug 3, 1991, 4:41 PM EST (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1991, 5:09 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Martin County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:44 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Martin, 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 nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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, Aug 3, 4:34 PM EST, 7 minutes before
INZ008-012 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 430 PM EST SAT AUG 3 1991 AT 425 PM EST...THERE WAS A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE GRRENE/KNOX COUNTY LINE OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ONE OF THE STRONG STORMS WAS JUST SOUTH OF LINTON AND WILL BE IN THE NEWBERRY...LYONS AND BLOOMFIELD AREA BY 445 PM. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. AS THESE STORMS APPROACH YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOOR..STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS... AND DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. BPRUITT
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:41 PM EST, 0 minutes before
INZALL-040200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 440 PM EST SAT AUG 3 1991 IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEBURG. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SULLIVAN...BEDFORD...PAOLI... VERSAILLES...EVANSVILLE...TELL CITY...SALEM AND MADISON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS TDHAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STEIGERWALDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 4:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 6:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 6:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 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.