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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 16, 1992Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1992, 5:32 PM EST for Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1992, 5:32 PM EST (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1992, 6:00 PM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Decatur County, IN, Jennings County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 12:00Z on 1992-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 1992-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 162235
SVRIND
INC031-079-162300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
532 PM EST THU APR 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...DECATUR COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...JENNINGS COUNTY
 
RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO DECATUR
AND JENNINGS COUNTIES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA. VERY STRONG WINDS
BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO NEAR
COLUMBUS IN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...S?@INDWVMINDKM TTAA00 WARN VERIFY
INDSVRIND #140 SENT INWWN      AT 2235Z

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 5:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Jackson20 min
Apr 16, 5:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush, Shelby48 min
Apr 16, 6:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette, Union, Wayne46 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.