Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 32 min |
| May 17, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 35 min |
| May 17, 2:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Elkhart | 18 min |
| May 17, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 30 min |
| May 17, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette, Wayne | 31 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.