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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 8, 1992Christian County, Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1992, 8:37 AM CDT for Christian County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1992, 8:37 AM CDT (13:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1992, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Christian County, KY, Todd County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1992-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1136 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1992-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
1136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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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, 5:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
INZ008>015-081115

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
513 AM EST SAT AUG 8 1992

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DUMPING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE
SOUTH PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA EARLY THIS MORNING...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN
TERRE HAUTE AND VINCENNES...EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA INTO
SOUTHEAST INDIANA.

STREET FLOODING AND PONDED WATER ON ROADS MAY OCCUR OVER THE SOUTH PART
OF CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE. THE MAIN AREA WHERE STREET
FLOODING MAY OCCUR WILL BE FROM NEAR LINTON...BEDFORD AND MITCHELL...
ACROSS SEYMOUR AND NORTH VERNON TO THE VERSAILLES AREA.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE
SOUTH PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 7 OR 8AM EST.

REPORT SERIOUS FLOODING TO THE NEAREST POLICE AGENCY FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

GRAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 6:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence119 min
Aug 8, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHopkins37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.