Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1992, 9:32 PM EST for Clay County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 1992, 9:32 PM EST (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1992, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clay County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 100235 SVRIND INC021-100300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 932 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...CLAY COUNTY AT 930 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE TOWNS OF BRAZIL...PRARIE CITY AND CLAY CITY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. F$OR 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. JEH
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, 6:31 PM EST, 3 hours 1 minute 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, 1 hour 59 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, 1 hour 54 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
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 7:50 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
INZ003-004-005-007-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 745 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 737 PM EST THE NEWTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL IN KENTLAND IN SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY. AT 745 PM EST STATE POLICE REPORTED 50 TO 55 MILE ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYATTE NEAR OTTERBEIN. RADAR AT 740 PM EST INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF LAFAYATTE TO JUST NORTHWEST OF MONTICELLO TO VJUST NORTH OF LOGANSPORT AND FORT WAYNE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 8:38 PM EST, 54 minutes before
INZALL-100240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 835 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND FOR A PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO DECATUR AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO LAWRENCEBURG. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...RICHMOND...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS AND GREENSBURG. 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 STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 8:48 PM EST, 44 minutes before
INZ001>015-100700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 848 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND FOR A PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 845 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST EAST OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO JUST WEST OF KOKOMO TO JUST SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. SINCE 800 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED ESTIMATED WINDS OF UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR IN MIAMI COUNTY AND POWER OUTAGES IN SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL REACH THE CRAWFORDSVILLE AND KOKOMO AREAS SHORTLY AFTER 900 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, 7:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, White | 42 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.