Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1992, 3:00 PM EST for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1992, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1992, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rush County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 172001 SVRIND INC139-172030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 300 PM EST SUN MAY 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...RUSH COUNTY AT 255 PM EST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO RUSH COUNTY WHICH IS 30 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. AT 255 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED TREES DOWN CAUSING POWER AND PHONE OUTAGES IN PARTS OF SHELBY COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER THE CITY OF RUSHVILLE WHICH IS 35 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS BY 315 PM EST. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HAINES
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, 3 hours 49 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
Special weather statement, May 17, 12:42 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
INZALL-171810- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1240 PM EST SUN MAY 17 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA. AT 1225 PM EST AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE MAIN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED BETWEEN ANDERSON...MUNCIE...KOKOMO AND HUNTINGTON. THIS AREA IS ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. AT 1220 PM EST THE STATE POLICE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN ANDERSON AND MUNCIE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH MUNCIE AND BLUFFTON BY 100 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE DECREASED CONSIDERABLY IN CENTRAL INDIANA. ONLY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA AT 1230 PM. THE INDINAPOLIS 500 RACE TRACK WAS MISSED BY THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS PRESENTLY NOTHING MOVING TOWARD THE TRACK. AS LONG AS NOTHING DEVELOPES THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA SHOULD HAVE SEVERAL HOURS FREE OF THUNDERSTORMS. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NEAR BLOOMINGTON BY 130 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILEYS AN HOUR. HAINES
Special weather statement, May 17, 1:35 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
INZALL-172000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 130 PM EST SUN MAY 17 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA. AT 120 PM EST AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH MAINLY NORTHEAST INDIANA. THIS AREA WAS BETWEEN MUINCIE...HUNTINGTON AND FORT WAYNE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING INTENSE AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF INDIANA BY 230 PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CENTRAL INDIANA. NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD INDIANAPOLIS AS OF 130 PM. WITH ANY LUCK THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA MAY BE FREE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING WHEN A COLD FRONT WHICH IS WEST OF INDIANA MOVES CLOSER. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA. THE BLOOMINGTON AND BROWN COUNTY AREAS WILL HAVE ON AND OFF RAIN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THES E THUNDERSHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE COLUMBUS AREA BY 200 PM EST. AT 130 PM EST AN AMATEUR WEATHER OBSERVER MEASURED A GUST TO 51 MILES AN HOUR IN GREENE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. HAINES
Special weather statement, May 17, 2:22 PM EST, 38 minutes before
INZALL-172000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 210 PM EST SUN MAY 17 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA. AT 145 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. AT 155 PM EST AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED A TREE WAS DOWNED BY ESTIMATED 50 MILE AN HOUR WIND ALONG WITH 4 TO 5 INCHES OF STANDING WATER ON ROADS AT AT ELLISTVILLE WHICH IS 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOOMINGTON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR MORGAN COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA BETWEEN 300 AND 400 PM EST. THEY MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA OF THE 500 TRACK AROUND 330 PM EST. THE STRONGEST PART OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PART OF INDIANAPOLIS AND MISS THE TRACK. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS... INTENSE AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 11:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, Howard, Miami | 29 min |
| 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, 3:14 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.