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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 8, 1992Hopkins County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1992, 12:38 PM CDT for Hopkins County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1992, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1992, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Hopkins County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1992-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3538 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1992-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
3538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 081738
SVREVV
KYC107-081815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1238 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...HOPKINS COUNTY
 
AT 1235 PM CDT....WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 45
MILES SOUTH OF EVANSVILLE...OVER HOPKINSVILLE COUNTY KENTUCKY. THIS
THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST SOUTHWET OF HOPKINSVILLE AND WAS MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 17 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL REACH MADISONVILLE BEFORE 1 PM CDT
AND DANIEL BOONE AND NORTONVILLE AROUND 1 PM CDT.
 
 
 
 
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD TAKE COVER
 
IMMEDIATELY.  STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
ZIMMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 8:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDChristian, Todd53 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.