Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT for Gibson County, Vanderburgh County, Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gibson County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 237 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1287 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 110031 SVREVV INC051-163-173-110100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 730 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...SOUTHERN GIBSON COUNTY...VANDERBURGH COUNTY ...WARRICK COUNTY AT 727 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE NEAR INTERSTATE 64. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS WARRENTON...BUCKSKIN...AND ELBERFELD BY 740 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEVST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SUMMY
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, Jul 10, 4:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
INZ008>015-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST FRI JUL 10 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND TO 10 MILES SOUTH TO TERRE HAUTE. AT 420 PM EST...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN SOUTHCENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. THE AREA WAS 35 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM RICHMOND TO BLOOMINGTON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON AND BEDFORD. AT 357 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT OWENSBURGE WHICH IS 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE BROWN COUNTY STATE PARK AND BEDFORD BY 445 PM. USE EXTREME CAUTION IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ANYWHERE IN THAT REGION. THE STROMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 4:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
INZ008>015-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 545 PM EST FRI JUL 10 1992 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING IN SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON AND BEDFORD. AT 430 PM EST...THE STATE POLICE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AT BEDFORD. BY 515 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MONROE RESEVOUR. IT WILL MOVE INTO THE BROWN COUNTY AREA BETWEEN 500PM AND 530 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM COLUMBUS TO RICHMOND. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND TO 10 MILES SOUTH TO TERRE HAUTE. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 4:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
INZ008>015-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 445 PM EST FRI JUL 10 1992 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING IN SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON AND BEDFORD. AT 430 PM EST...THE STATE POLICE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AT BEDFORD. BY 515 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MONROE RESEVOUR. IT WILL MOVE INTO THE BROWN COUNTY AREA BETWEEN 500PM AND 530 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM COLUMBUS TO RICHMOND. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA. THIS WATCH INCLUDES T:HAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND TO 10 MILES SOUTH TO TERRE HAUTE. HAINES ...CORRECTION TO TIME IN HEADER...
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
INZ008>015-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 515 PM EST FRI JUL 10 1992 AT 500 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHCENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THIS STORM WILL MOVE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF COLUMBUS BY 600 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LINE THAT EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO VINCENNES. THE LINE CONTINUED NORTHEAST ON COLUMBUS TO NEAR BROOKVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ANY OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MOST OF THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
INZ008>015-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 550 PM EST FRI JUL 10 1992 AT 535 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE LINE WAS 20 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM BATESVILLE...30 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI...TO VINCENNES. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM AT 534 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THOUGH THE TOWNS OV NORTH VERNON...MITCHELL AND LOOGOTEE BY 615 PM. AT 545 PM EST THE COUNTY POLICE IN LAWREWNCE COUNTY REPORTD A FUNNEL COULD IN THE PINHOOK AREA. AT 550 PM EST THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN MEDORE WHICH IS 18 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD. THIS HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT EAST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF LIBERTY. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:12 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
INZ011>015-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 710 PM EST FRI JUL 10 1992 ANOTHER SMALL AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA HAS BEEN CLEARED FROM THE WATCH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NOW REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO BEDFORD TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. AT 705 PM EST...A NARROW LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES WIDE CONTINUED MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF VINCENNES TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD TO THE CINCINNATI AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEDFORD AND 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEYMOUR. LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT SHOWED THAT THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM LIGHTNING...AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY BRIEFLY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND STREET FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED AREAS. STEIGERWALDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vanderburgh, Warrick | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 8:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Posey, Vanderburgh | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 9:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Posey | 118 min |
| Jul 10, 9:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Vanderburgh | 118 min |
| Jul 11, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 57 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.