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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 24, 1992Allen County, Simpson County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 9:13 PM CDT for Allen County, Simpson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 24, 1992, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 1992, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Allen County, KY, Simpson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1633 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 250213
SVREVV
KYC003-213-250300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
913 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...ALLEN COUNTY...SIMPSON COUNTY
 
AT 911 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR FRANKLIN
KENTUCKY...ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL MOVE TO ALONZO KENTUCKY BY 930 PM AND
TO NEAR HOLLAND KENTUCKY BY 940 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
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.
TT

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, Jun 24, 3:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before

INZ008>013-015-242200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
350 PM EST WED JUN 24 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST.

AT 340 PM EST RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
CONNERSVILLE...WEST THROUGH GREENFIELD...INDIANAPOILS AND PLAINFIELD.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONNERSVILLE...OR
ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWES;T OF RICHMOND.

ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS EAST OF GREENFIELD....25 MILES EAST OF
INDIANAPOLIS.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND
HEAVY RAINS.

WJG

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

INZALL-242245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
435 PM EST WED JUN 24 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN INDIANA.

AT 430 PM EST WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS
OVER EASTERN INDIANA...ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF RICHMOND. THIS
THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SOME GUSTY
WINDS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM MIDWAY BETWEEN SHELBYVILLE AND
COLUMBUS...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...TO NEAR
MARTINSVILLE...ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS.

SOME THUNDERSTORMS DURING T!HE EVENING HOURS WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.
.
PRICE

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:13 PM CDT, 2 hours before

INZALL-250115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
711 PM EST WED JUN 24 1992

AT 705 PM EST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF INDIANA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES
ACROSS NORTHEAST DELAWARE COUNTY AND INTO RANDOLPH COUNTY.  THE STORM
WILL BE NEAR WINCHESTER INDIANA BY 715 PM.

ELSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Webster	40 min
Jun 24, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	McLean, Muhlenberg	43 min
Jun 24, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Todd	43 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.