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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 16, 1992Johnson County, Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1992, 7:32 PM EST for Johnson County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 1992, 7:32 PM EST (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1992, 8:15 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1992-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1591 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1992-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1591 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 170034
SVRIND
INC081-097-170115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
732 PM EST THU JUL 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY...MARION COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF
INDIANAPOLIS. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTH OF
DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
PEOPLE IN INDIANAPOLIS AND FRANKLIN SHOULD GO TO A STRONG BUILDING
IMMEDIATELY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
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 16, 3:35 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
INZALL-170200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
332 PM EST THU JUL 16 1992

AT 330 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
FROM ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON TO NEAR COLUMBUS...AND FROM
NEAR COLUMBUS TO NORTH VERNON...ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS.

STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF NORTH VERNON AND
COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY
RAIN.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR THE
SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO RICHMOND.

PRICE
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:30 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
INZALL-170200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
425 PM EST THU JUL 16 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF
INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO RICHMOND UNTIL 900 PM EST.

AT 420 PM EST VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 50 TO 60 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS AND ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
NORTH VERNON.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR THE INDIANA ILLINOIS BORDER ABOUT
50 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYATTTE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

PERSONS LIVING NEAR WESTPORT AND TO THE SOUTH OF GFREENSBURG SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
HENDICKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:56 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
INZ001>004-162300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
455 PM EST THU JUL 16 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF
INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO RICHMOND UNTIL 900 PM EST.

AT 450 PM EST...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RENSSELAER NEAR BROOK AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THIS STORM
FROM THE PUBLIC JUST ACROSS THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BORDER IN ILLINOIS.
THE FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE NOT BEEN CONFIRMED.

THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR RENSSELAER BY 520 PM EST.

BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
.
PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THIS STORM
MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA.
STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:29 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
INZALL-162330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
525 PM EST THU JUL 16 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF
INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO RICHMOND UNTIL 900 PM EST.

AT 520 PM EST A A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RENSSELAER OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYATTE.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE FROM
THIS STORM.

OTHER STRONG STORMS EXTENED FROM NEAR TERRE HAUTE TO ABOUT 20 MILES EAST
OF TERRE HAUTE.  A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF VERSAILLES ALSO PRODUCED A PUBLIC REPORT OF PEA SIZE HAIL

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGERSOUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:56 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
INZALL-162350-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
553 PM EST THU JUL 16 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF
INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO RICHMOND UNTIL 900 PM EST.

AT 550 PM EST VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AROUND TERRE HAUTE
TO ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE.  OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF RENNSELAER AND ALSO OVER
SOUTHEAST INDIANA FROM JUST SOUTH OF COLUMBUS TO NEAR CONNERSVILLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGERSOUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:38 PM EST, 54 minutes before
INZALL-162350-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
630 PM EST THU JUL 16 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF
INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO RICHMOND UNTIL 900 PM EST.

AT 625 PM RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT
40 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENCASTLE.  JUST BEFORE 620 PM EST THE PUBLIC
REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN SOUTHWEST PUTMAN COUNTY NEAR REELSVILLE.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON
AND ALSO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WERE OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA FROM THE SHELBYVILLE AREA
WESTWARD.  A THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LOCATED JUST NORTH OF RICHMOND.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.
.
BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND
DPOSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
HENDRICKSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 7:03 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHendricks27 min
Jul 16, 7:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware31 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.