Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1992, 9:20 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1992, 9:20 PM EST (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1992, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bartholomew County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 909 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 120220 SVRIND INC005-120300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 920 PM EST SAT JUL 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY AT 915 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS FROM 10 TO 15 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS AND WAS MOVING EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...AS WELL AS INTENSE DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BRIEF STREET FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SOUTH BETHANY...OGILVILLE... GARDEN CITY...WALESBORO AND THE CITY OF COLUMBUS. PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. IF YOU LIVE IN A TRAILER...ABANDON IT AND GO TO A BUILDING NEARBY. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY ANY MEANS. STEIGERWALDT
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 11, 3:54 PM EST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
INZ012-112145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 350 PM EST SAT JUL 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA FROM 400 PM EST UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MARION TO FRANKLIN TO 10 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RPG
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:36 PM EST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
INZ004>015-112230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 435 PM EST SAT JUL 11 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MARION TO FRANKLIN TO 10 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. AT 430 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES SOUTH AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH VERNON MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA FROM NEAR FRANKFORT TO TIPTON TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RPG
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:17 PM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
INZ004>015-112315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 518 PM EST SAT JUL 11 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MARION TO FRANKLIN TO 10 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. AT 510 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA 15 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE...JUST EAST OF FRANFORT AND NEAR ALEXANDRIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RPG
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:09 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
INZ001>015-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 610 PM EST SAT JUL 11 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MARION TO FRANKLIN TO 10 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. AT 600 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA NEAR SHERIDAN...JUST NORTH OF ANDERSON AND NEAR MUNCIE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR. A THIRD AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS 10 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE AND WILL MOVE IN TO THE TERRE HAUTE AREA BY 615 PM EST. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVER WEATHER THIS EVENING AND AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSmIBLE WARNINGS. RPG
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 7:56 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
INZ001>015-120200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 800 PM EST SAT JUL 11 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MARION TO FRANKLIN TO 10 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. AT 750 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA NEAR LAFAYETTE TO TIPTON AND OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA NEAR NEW CASTLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA NEAR SPENCER MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WAITCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RPG
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 8:48 PM EST, 32 minutes before
INZ001>015-120245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 850 PM EST SAT JUL 11 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. THE WATCH AREA IS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MARION TO FRANKLIN TO 10 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. AT 845 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN LAFAYETTE AND MARION MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA JUST WEST OF RICHMOND MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR BLOOMINGTON MOVG TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RPG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 7:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 8:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 8:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 63 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.