Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1992, 5:10 PM EST for Brown County, Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 20 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 1992, 5:10 PM EST (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1992, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brown County, IN, Jackson County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 162213 SVRIND INC013-071-162245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 510 PM EST THU APR 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...BROWN COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY AT 500 PM EST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED IN WESTERN BROWN AND WESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES. AT 455 PM THE STATE POLICE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE CITIES OF NASHVILLE...BROWSTOWN AND THE BROWN COUNTY STATE PARK ARE IN THE WARNING. THESE ARE ABOUT 15 MILES 15 EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSCIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Apr 16, 2:45 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 250 PM EST THU APR 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. AT 235 PM...ONE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM FORT WAYNE TO TO KOKOMO TO FRANKFORT THEN WEST TO THE BOURDER. THIS LINE WAS 10 MILES WIDE. IT WILL MOVE INTO MARION...BLUFFTON AND TIPTON BY 315 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LAST FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR. GRISSOM AIR FORCE BASE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AT 225 PM. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH MARTINSVILLE AND SPENCER BY 315 PM. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:16 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 310 PM EST THU APR 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. AT 300 PM...ONE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUTH 10 MILES WIDE..EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE AND KOKOMO TO JUST NORTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH MARION...BLUFFTON AND TIPTON BY 345 PM. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE ...BLOOMINGTON AND TERRE HAUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOE THROUGH FRANKLIN AND MARTINSVILLE BY 415 PM. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:51 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST THU APR 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. AT 340 PM EST...ONE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE..EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO TO 30 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. A NORTH-SOUTH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY STATE POLICE NEAR NEWPORT IN VERMILLION COUNTY AT 330 PM EST. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA WILL EXTEND FROM JUST NORTH OF MUNCIE TO 25 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS TO ROCKVILLE...WHICH IS 20 NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE BY 410 PM EST. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA WILL EXTEND FROM ROCKVILLE TO LINTON...WHICH IS 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE BY 410 PM EST. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. MAGNUSON/HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:24 PM EST, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 425 PM EST THU APR 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST... AT 410 PM EST...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD CRAWFORDSVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTIAN HAIL AND INTENSE RAIN. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED A GOOD PORTION OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA. THERE WER TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS. ONE EXTENDED EAST-WEST FROM CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE. BY 500 PM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTFIELD AND ANDERSON. ANOTHER AREA WAS NORTH EAST-SOUTHWEST AND EXTENDED BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS AND BLOOMINGTON TO BETWEEN TERRE HAUTE AND VINCENNES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO BLOOMINGTON AND COLUMBUS BY 530 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AS THE AREA MOVES SOUTHEAST. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:32 PM EST, 38 minutes before
IDZALL-162200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 425 PM EST THU APR 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST... AT 410 PM EST...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD CRAWFORDSVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTIAN HAIL AND INTENSE RAIN. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED A GOOD PORTION OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA. THERE WER TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS. ONE EXTENDED EAST-WEST FROM CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE. BY 500 PM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTFIELD AND ANDERSON. ANOTHER AREA WAS NORTH EAST-SOUTHWEST AND EXTENDED BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS AND BLOOMINGTON TO BETWEEN TERRE HAUTE AND VINCENNES. THESE THUNDERSORMS WILL MOVE INTO BLOOMINGTON AND COLUMBUS BY 530 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AS THE AREA !MOVES SOUTHEAST. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ...CORRECTION FOR CODEING IN HEADER... HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:57 PM EST, 13 minutes before
IDZALL-162230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 500 PM EST THU APR 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST... AT 415 PM EST...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR FREEMAN IN SOUTHEAST OWEN COUNTY. THIS POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA. ONE AREA EXTENDED FROM MUNCIE TO ROCKVILLE. ANOTHER AREA EXTENDED FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO BLOOMINGTON TO BEDFORD. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF BEDFORD AT 450 PM. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AS THE AREA MOVES SOUTHEAST. HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 5:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 5:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 6:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette, Union, Wayne | 46 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.