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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 17, 1992Cass County, Howard County, Miami County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1992, 11:31 AM EST for Cass County, Howard County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1992, 11:31 AM EST (16:31 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1992, 12:00 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cass County, IN, Howard County, IN, Miami County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 1992-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 418 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1992-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
418 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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 171633
SVRIND
INC067-017-103-171700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1131 AM EST SUN MAY 17 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...HOWARD COUNTY
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY...SOUTHERN MIAMI COUNTY
 
AT 1125 AM EST...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LOGANSPORT AND IN THE KOKOMO AREA OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
AT 1114 AM EST...A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER ON THE WEST SIDE OF KOKOMO
REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 63 MILES AN HOUR.
 
PEOPLE IN THE CITIES OF LOGANSPORT...KOKOMO AND PERU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS
PASS.
 
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.
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, May 17, 11:11 AM EST, 20 minutes before
INZALL-171710-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1110 AM EST SUN MAY 17 1992

IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 600 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...
NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 8 MILES
SOUTH OF RICHMOND...AND EAST OF LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
INDIANAPOLIS TO 10 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ELKHART...ANGOLA...KOKOMO...FORT WAYNE...
MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...AND RICHMOND.

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 ANXD LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SBH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 2:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan32 min
May 17, 2:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson35 min
May 17, 2:57 PM ESTTornado WarningINDElkhart18 min
May 17, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush30 min
May 17, 3:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette, Wayne31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.