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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 17, 1992Fayette County, Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1992, 3:14 PM EST for Fayette County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1992, 3:14 PM EST (20:14 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1992, 3:45 PM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, IN, Wayne County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 172019 COR
SVRIND
INC177-041-172045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
314 PM EST SUN MAY 17 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF INDIANA
      WAYNE...FAYETTE

AT 312 PM EST...RADAR SHOWED A NARROW BAND OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES WEST OF RICHMOND TO
35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHMOND. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
WITHIN THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND
WILL PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE AND POSSIBL0Y LARGE HAIL.

PEOPLE IN RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE AND BENTONVILLE SHOULD GET INSIDE
A STRONG BUILDING IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
STEIGERWALDT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 11:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, Howard, Miami29 min
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

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.