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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 8, 1991Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1991, 5:12 PM CDT for Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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 8, 1991, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1991, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barren County, KY, Monroe County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 8, 5:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Barren, 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 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 8, 1:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
INZALL-082000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
210 PM EST THU AUG 8 1991

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FOR A LARGE
PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE
...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...EVANSVILLE...BEDFORD...
COLUMBUS...AND SEYMOUR.

AT 205 PM EST A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BLINDING RAIN
AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
WAS APPROACHING INDIANAPOLIS. THIS STORM WAS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST
OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE METRO AREA
INCLUDING THE GOLF COURSE FOR THE PGA TOURNAMENT JUST NORTH OF
OF INDIANAPOLIS.

IF THREATENING C5ONDITIONS APPROACH MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION.
EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
INZALL-082130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
342 PM EST THU AUG 8 1991

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FOR A LARGE
PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE
...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...EVANSVILLE...BEDFORD...
COLUMBUS...AND SEYMOUR.

AT 320 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALIGNED FROM WINCHESTER TO LOSANTVILLE
IN EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO IN THE
EXTREME SOUTHWEST PART OF FAYETTE COUNTY OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CONNERVILLE. THIS STORM PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN SOUTHWEST
FAYETTE COUNTY. POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED BY STATE POLICE IN SOUTH-
WEST FAYETTE COUNTY.

THE STORM HAS MOVED INTO NORTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY AT 440 PM EST. IF
THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE.
KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
INZALL-082130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
404 PM EST THU AUG 8 1991

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FOR A LARGE
PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE
...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...EVANSVILLE...BEDFORD...
COLUMBUS...AND SEYMOUR.

AT 320 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALIGNED FROM WINCHESTER TO LOSANTVILLE
IN EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO IN THE
EXTREME SOUTHWEST PART OF FAYETTE COUNTY OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CONNERVILLE. THIS STORM PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN SOUTHWEST
FAYETTE COUNTY. POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED BY STATE POLICE IN SOUTH-
WEST FAYETTE COUNTY.

THE STORM HAS MOVED INTO NORTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY AT 440 PM EST. IF
THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE.
...CORRECT PARA 3...CHANGE 440 PM EST TO 340 PM EST. RPG
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:37 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
INZALL-082230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
435 PM EST THU AUG 8 1991

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FOR A LARGE
PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE
...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...EVANSVILLE...BEDFORD...
COLUMBUS...AND SEYMOUR.

AT 425 PM EST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTH OF OXFORD IN
BENTON COUNTY AND IT WILL MOVE INTO BROOKSTON BY 5 PM EST AND BE JUST
TO THE NORTH OF LAFAYETTE BY 515 PM EST.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN HAMILTON
COUNTY AND JUST TO THE SOUTH OF FRANKLIN AND OVER SHELBYVILLE. ALL
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
RPG
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:59 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
INZALL-082230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
455 PM EST THU AUG 8 1991

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
BENTON COUNTY AND WAS JUST TO THE EAST OF OXFORD. CIVIL DEFENSE
AUTHORITIES IN BENTON COUNTY REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM ALONG WITH SOME MINOR DAMAGE
TO FENCES AND A BARN AT 445 PM EST.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER
HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE LAFAYETTE AREA AROUND 515 PM EST. STRONG
WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
RPG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 8:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph47 min
Aug 8, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Marion46 min
Aug 8, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningINDTippecanoe26 min
Aug 8, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene42 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.