Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 6:08 PM EST for Rush County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1992, 6:08 PM EST (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1992, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 783 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 142309 SVRIND INC139-145-150015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 608 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...RUSH COUNTY...SHELBY COUNTY AT 606 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER RUSHVILLE WHICH IS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD RUSHVILLE AND MILORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. HAINES
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 14, 1:11 PM EST, 4 hours 57 minutes before
INZ004-007-141930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 112 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF PORTLAND. AT 109 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDER- STORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND AND EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS NEAR DANVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A SHORT LINE FROM NEAR FOWLER ...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 35 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE ON THE INDIANA AND ILLINOIS BORDER. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES THROUGH BENTON AND WARREN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA BETWEEN 110 PM AND 130 PM EST. TMA
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:24 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
INZ009-142130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 320 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST A PORTION OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO 40 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE. AT 320 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. AT 315 PM EST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT THE INDIAAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 48 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS BETWEEN 325 AND 340 PM EST. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE BLINDING DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. TMA
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:57 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
INZ005>013-140400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 355 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ...PART OF NORTHERN AND PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTHEAST OF LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF VINCENNES. THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 618 THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...ANDERSON...BEDFORD...CONNERSVILLE... COLUMBUS...FORT WAYNE...INDIANAPOLIS...LAFAYETTE...AND LAWRENCEBURG. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TMA
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:07 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
INZ005>013-140400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 355 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR ALL OF CENTRAL... PART OF NORTHERN AND PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTHEAST OF LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF VINCENNES. THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 618 THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...ANDERSON...BEDFORD...CONNERSVILLE... COLUMBUS...FORT WAYNE...INDIANAPOLIS...LAFAYETTE...AND LAWRENCEBURG. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TMA X ...CORRECTION TO CHANGE WATCH EXPIRATION TIME TO 11 PM EST...
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:04 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
INZ005>013-140400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 505 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR ALL OF CENTRAL... PART OF NORTHERN AND PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTHEAST OF LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF VINCENNES. AT 500 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM FORT WAYNE THROUGH MARION TO FRANKFORT. A SECOND LINE EXTENDS FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO VINCENNES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEST AT 40 MILES AND HOUR WHILE BOTH LINES WERE GRADUALLY SAGGING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RPG
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:10 PM EST, 58 minutes before
INZ005>013-150400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 511 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR ALL OF CENTRAL... PART OF NORTHERN AND PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTHEAST OF LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF VINCENNES. AT 500 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM FORT WAYNE THROUGH MARION TO FRANKFORT. A SECOND LINE EXTENDS FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO VINCENNES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AND HOUR WHILE BOTH LINES WERE GRADUALLY SAGGING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATMENTS 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 13, 7:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 8:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 8:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 9:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 1:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Benton, White | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 1:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 3:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Cass | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:41 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Howard | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 6:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette, Union | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 6:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 6:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 53 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.