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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 18, 1992Butler County, Logan County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1992, 3:01 PM CDT for Butler County, Logan County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1992, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1992, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Butler County, KY, Logan County, KY, Warren County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 1992-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 101 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 1992-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1193 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 182000
SVREVV
KYC031-141-227-182100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
301 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...BUTLER COUNTY...LOGAN COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 255 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 25 MILES WEST OF
BOWLING GREEN NEAR QUALITY AND ANDERSON KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH DIMPLE AND SUGAR GROVE
AROUND 315 PM CDT AND BE NEAR CAVE HILL AND HADLEY KENTUCKY AROUND 325
PM CDT.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A
REINFORCED BUILDING AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE DANGER HAS PASSED.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE5 HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE A TORNADO. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
SUMMY

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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.