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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 10, 1992Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1992, 1:22 PM CDT for Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 1992, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 1992, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Todd County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 1992-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2796 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 1992-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
2796 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 3:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDMuhlenberg104 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.