Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1992, 7:48 PM EST for Tippecanoe County, White County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 1992, 7:48 PM EST (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1992, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Tippecanoe County, IN, White County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 1710 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1179 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Sep 9, 4:00 PM EST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
INZALL-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 400 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR. AT 355 PM EST A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE. SHORTLY AFTER 330 PM EST THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY. JUST BEFORE 400 PM EST OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ABOUT 30 MILES EAST AND NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE AND ALSO OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM JUST WEST OF LAFAYATTE TO ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF KOKOMO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 5:12 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
INZ004-005-007-092330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 510 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR. AT 505 PM EST A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF LOGANSPORT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR AND IN THE BUNKER HILL AND MIAMI AREAS MAY RECEIVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS BY 530 PM EST. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHEAST INDIANA NEAR FORT WAYNE. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 5:52 PM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
INZ004-005-007-092330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 550 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR. AT 545 PM EST A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF PERU. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WERE NEAR FORT WA.YNE AND ALSO OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 6:31 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
INZ004-005-007-100030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 630 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR. AT 620 PM EST STATE POLICE REPORTED 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS NEAR RENNSELAER OF EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA. THERE WAS ALSO A FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF RENNSELAER OR JUST WEST OF WINAMAC IN PULASKI COUNTY. RADAR AT 625 PM EST INDICATED THAT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...JUST TO THE SOUTH OF CHICAGO...AND OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA JUST TO THE SOUTH OF LAKE MICHIGAN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 7:33 PM EST, 15 minutes before
INZ003-004-005-007-100130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 730 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR. AT 725 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA FROM ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYATTE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF PERU TO JUST NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WER*E MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL REACH THE LAFAYATTE AREA BETWEEN 800 PM AND 830 PM EST HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 7:38 PM EST, 10 minutes before
INZ003-004-005-007-100130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 730 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF DECATUR. AT 725 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA FROM ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYATTE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF PERU TO JUST NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE 6THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE LAFAYATTE AREA BETWEEN 800 PM AND 830 PM EST. HENDRICKSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 7:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jasper | 26 min |
| Sep 9, 7:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 32 min |
| Sep 9, 7:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 9:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 28 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.