Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 1991, 6:09 PM CST for Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 21 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 1991, 6:09 PM CST (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 1991, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Logan County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1260 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 582 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 230010 TOREVV KYC141-230030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 609 PM CST FRI MAR 22 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...LOGAN COUNTY AT 604 PM CST A TORNDAO WAS REPORTED AT ALLENSVILLE KENTUCKY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH RUSSELVILLE KENTUCKY BY 620 PM CST. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STUFRDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. BLOCK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Mar 22, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
INZ011>015-230300- AREAL OUTLINE FOR TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 55 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 250 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1990 IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 55 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO 30 MILES NORTH OF MADISON...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF MADISON TO MADISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE EVANSVILLE...TELL CITY...BEDFORD... BROWNSTOWN AND MADISON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT 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. STEIGER\WALDT
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 1:55 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
INZ011>015-230300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 250 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 55 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO 30 MILES NORTH OF MADISON...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF MADISON TO MADISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE EVANSVILLE...TELL CITY...BEDFORD... BROWNSTOWN AND MADISON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT 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. STEIGEdRWALDT ...CORRECTED HEADING...
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 3:01 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
INZ011>015-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 359 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE EVANSVILLE...TELL CITY... BROWNSTOWN AND MADISON. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SHORTLY BEFORE 4PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING IN STRENGTH OVER SOUTHEAST MISSIOURI. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST. WHEN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR APARTMENT. MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED WHEN TORNADO WARNINGS ARE ISSUED DURING TORNADOES FOR A STURDY TORNADO SHELTER. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 4:25 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
INZALL-230000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 524 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 520 PM EST...SHOWERS...ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WERE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. THE RAIN ALSO EXTENDED INTO NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD VERY HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA EARLY THIS MORNING. CONTINUED RAINFALL THIS EVENING...AND ESPECIALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...MAY CAUSE FLOODING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. . THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY AND WILL LIKELY MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...GIVING PEOPLE VERY LITTLE TIME TO REACT. BE READY TO QUICKLY MOVE TO SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST VULNERABLE IN TORNADOES AND SHOULD BE ABANDONDED BEFORE THE STORM ARRIVES. REPORT FLOODING.7..HAIL...OR DAMAGING WIND TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PBG
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 4:59 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
INZ012-013-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 557 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 AT 555 PM EST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE TOWN OF BEDFORD. PEOPLE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A GUSTY THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN 605 PM AND 620 PM EST. THERE IS A TORNADO WATCH IN E$FFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA FOR THIS EVENING. PLAN NOW WHERE YOU WOULD MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 6:06 PM CST, 3 minutes before
INZ011>013-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 605 PM EST FRI MAR 22 1991 AT 600 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEDFORD... WITH ANOTHER VERY STRONG STORM ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 65 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITIES OF COLUMBUS...ELIZABETHTOWN ...GRAMMAR AND SCIPIO BETWEEN 615 AND 630 PM EST. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... GUSTY WINDS FROM 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LCAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STEIGERWALDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 6:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | IND | Simpson, Warren | 25 min |
| Mar 22, 6:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Logan, Todd | 118 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.