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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 3, 1991Johnson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1991, 6:42 PM EST for Johnson County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 1991, 6:42 PM EST (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 1991, 7:15 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Johnson County, IN

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, 2 hours 8 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:33 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
INZ008>015-032330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
532 PM EST SAT AUG  3 1991

AT 526 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER A SMALL PART OF
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE NEAR
DENMARK. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON
NEAR FREEMAN.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WINDS GUSTING
UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THE CITIES OF DENMARK...SPENCER...AND THE NORTH SIDE OF
BLOOMINGTON SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.
.
THE STORMS WILL MOV|E TO THE NORTH SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON BY 545 PM EST.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 3:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox32 min
Aug 3, 4:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess32 min
Aug 3, 4:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin28 min
Aug 3, 6:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan34 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.