Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 7:16 PM EST for Saint Joseph County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1992, 7:16 PM EST (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saint Joseph County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | St. Joseph, IN | |
| Jun 17, 7:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | St. Joseph, IN | |
| Jun 17, 7:49 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | St. Joseph, IN | |
| Jun 17, 7:53 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | St. Joseph, IN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 2881 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 12.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSBN 180017 SVRSBN INC141-180100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 716 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...ST JOSEPH COUNTY AT 715 PM EST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED AT NORTH LIBERTY INDIANA...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND. POLICE REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVED THROUGH NORTH LIBERTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF SOUTH BEND AND MISHAWAKA BETWEEN 730 AND 800 PM EST. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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. 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. ARNOLD
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, 3:41 PM EST, 3 hours 35 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, 2 hours 39 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
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:26 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
INZALL-172330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 526 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 515 PM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE INDIANA...IN NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY...TO 50 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE IN ILLINOIS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN NEWTON AND BENTON COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY NEAR KENTLAND INDIANA...40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE THROUGH 630 PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO INDIANA EAST OF DANVILLE BY 630 PM. CONTINUE& TO LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:29 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
INZALL-172330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 526 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 515 PM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE INDIANA...IN NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY...TO 50 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE IN ILLINOIS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN NEWTON ...BENTON AND JASPER COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY NEAR KENTLAND INDIANA... 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE THROUGH 630 PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO INDIANA EAST OF DANVILLE BY 630 PM. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:21 PM EST, 55 minutes before
INZALL-180030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 621 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... AT 610 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE INDIANA...MOVING TOWARDS THE TOWNS OF SLEETH AND PITTSBURG INDIANA...15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE... NEAR WHEATFIELD...TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF NORTHWES<T AND PART OF WESTCENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 730 PM. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:37 PM EST, 39 minutes before
INZALL-180500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 645 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... EAST AND NORTH AND A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... FORT WAYNE...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE AND RICHMOND. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS TLHAT 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. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 7:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, Howard, Miami | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 8:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, Howard, Miami | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 8:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 8:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Miami | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 8:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 8:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 8:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 8:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 8:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 9:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 9:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 9:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 10:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 11:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Marion | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 11:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 11:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 11:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone | 14 min |
| Jun 17, 11:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Marion | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 11:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 12:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 12:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 1:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 1:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Henry, Wayne | 117 min |
| Jun 18, 1:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hancock | 117 min |
| Jun 18, 2:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 2:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 2:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 2:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 3:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan, Shelby | 119 min |
| Jun 18, 3:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fayette, Rush | 119 min |
| Jun 18, 3:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Union | 119 min |
| Jun 18, 3:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette, Rush | 6 min |
| Jun 18, 1:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph, Wayne | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 2:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Randolph, Wayne | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 3:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 26 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.