Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 5:09 PM EST for Saint Joseph County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1992, 5:09 PM EST (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 1538 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSBN 172210 SVRSBN INC141-149-172300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 509 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...ST JOSEPH COUNTY...STARKE COUNTY AT 505 PM EST...RADAR INDCIATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES WEST OF SOUTH BEND...TO 25 MILES SOUTH WEST OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTH EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE CAUSED WIND DAMAGE. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SOUTH BEND...KNOX AND NEW CARLISLE . A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. GALLAGHER
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, Jun 17, 11:09 AM EST, 6 hours before
INZALL-180000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1110 AM EST WED JUN 17 1992 THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE STATE OF INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL OVER THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE. THE MOST FAVORABLE PERIOD FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE STATE AND LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING OVER THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA. VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE STATE LATE THIS MORNING WHILE AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL TRIGGER FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT T HIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERSONS IN INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT AND FOR THE POSSIBILITIES OF SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS. RPG
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:38 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
INZALL-180300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 237 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992 IN INDIANA THIS .......TORNADO....... WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA...TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...TO 5 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SOUTH BEND...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO... AND ELKHART. 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 AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:41 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
INZALL-180300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND NORTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA...TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...TO 5 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SOUTH BEND...LAFAYETTE...AND KOKOMO. AT 340 PM EST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AND NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL ENTER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF INDIANA BY 400 PM EST AND INTO THE SOUTH BEND AREA BY 500 PM EST. 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 AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RPG
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:37 PM EST, 32 minutes before
INZALL-172300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 437 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... AT 430 PM EST A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF INDIANA...SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NEWTON COUNTY OF NORTHWEST INDIANA...60 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETYTE...BEFORE 5 PM EST. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN... AND HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ELSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 5:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 40 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.