Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 8, 1992, 6:15 PM EST for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 1992, 6:15 PM EST (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 1992, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 6:22 PM EST | Hail 1 | Madison, IN | |
| Oct 8, 6:37 PM EST | Hail 1 | Madison, IN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 968 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 082315 SVRIND INC095-082345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 615 PM EST THU OCT 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...MADISON COUNTY AT 615 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH NEAR LAPEL...WHICH IS 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CITY OF ANDERSON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR 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. SBH
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, Oct 8, 2:39 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
INZ001-002-003-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-082145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 238 PM EST (138 PM CST) THU OCT 8 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF INDIANA EXCEPT FAR SOUTH... WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN INDIANA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR BRAZIL...ABOUT 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR PRAIRIE CITY...ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON. MES
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 2:47 PM EST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
INZ001-002-003-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-082145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 245 PM EST THU OCT 8 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF INDIANA EXCEPT FAR SOUTH... WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN INDIANA AND EASTERN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR BRAZIL...ABOUT 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR PRAIRIE CITY...ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON. MES ...CORRECTION FOR DIRECTIONS IN SECOND LINE OF SECOND PARAGRAPH...
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 3:33 PM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
INZ001-002-003-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-082230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 333 PM EST THU OCT 8 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF INDIANA EXCEPT FOR FAR SOUTH AND FAR WEST... AT 325 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN WOLCOTT AND RENNSELAER....OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THERE WAS ALSO A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR ATTICA...ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...SOUTH TO JUST EAST EAST OF EVANSVILLE. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR ATTICA AT 315 PM. HALF INCH HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY NEAR DEMOTTE AT 330 PM. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. MES
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 4:26 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
INZ001-002-003-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-082330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 426 PM EST (326 PM CST) THU OCT 8 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF INDIANA EXCEPT FAR WEST AND FAR SOUTH... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED WEST OF LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF SOUTH BEND TO 50 MILES EAST OF VINCENNES. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF INDIANAPOLIS..SOUTH ONTINUED TO 5 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE..JUST NORTHEAST OF GREENCASTLE WHICH IS ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND JUST EAST OF SPENCER WHICH IS ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMBEND..FORT WAYNE..MUNCIE..BLOOMINGTON.. COLUMBUS AND RICHMOND. AT 420 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MONTICELLO...AND EXTENDED SOUTH TO 30 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND C6INGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS INDIANA. MES
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 5:14 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
INZ002-003-005-006-009-010-012-013-082315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 514 PM EST THU OCT 8 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR ALL OF INDIANA EXCEPT THE FAR WEST AND FAR SOUTH. AT 510 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES WEST OF LOGANSPORT...SOUTH THROUGH INDIANAPOLIS...TO 5 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BLINDING RAIN...AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. AS A THUNDERSTORM MOVED ACROSS THE INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT AT 505 PM EST IT PRODUCED A WIND GUST OF 37 MPH AND VISIBILITY^ BRIEFLY DROPPED TO NEAR ZERO IN VERY HEAVY RAIN. BY 600 PM EST THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM EAST OF LOGANSPORT...THROUGH THE EASTERN SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS...TO COLUMBUS. SBH
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 5:49 PM EST, 26 minutes before
INZ002-003-005-006-009-010-012-013-082345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 550 PM EST THU OCT 8 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT FAR WEST AND FAR SOUTH INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST. AT 545 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM PERU...SOUTH THROUGH THE EAST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS...TO 10 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AT 545 PM EST THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDED FROM GREENWOOD TO THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. RAINFALL IN THIS AREA MAY EXCEED 1 INCH IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. THE RAIN WILL BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. PONDING OF WATER ALONG ROADS AND IN POORLY DRAINED AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST INDIANAPOLIS. AT 541 AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED ESTIMATED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH OF NOBLESVILLE. PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF TREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT zAGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SBH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 5:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 42 min |
| Oct 8, 6:48 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Madison | 97 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.