Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks | 27 min |
| Jul 16, 7:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 31 min |
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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.