Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 2:35 AM EST for Union County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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 18, 1992, 2:35 AM EST (07:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 3:00 AM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:40 AM EST | Hail 2.75 | Union, 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 KIND 180735 SVRIND INC161-180800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 235 AM EST THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...UNION COUNTY AT 1 30 PM QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN WESTERN UNION COUNTY NEAR LIBERTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
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
Local storm report, Jun 17, 10:18 PM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1015 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992
TIME LOCATION EVENT
2200 EST CYCLONE BARN BLOWN DOWN
CLINTON COUNTY CORN CRIB DESTROYED
(CLINTON CO SHERIFF)
MESSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 10:48 PM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
INZALL-180900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1040 AM EST WED JUN 17 1992 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND...AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...NOBLESVILLE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND ...RUSHVILLE...WINCHESTER...AND INDIANAPOLIS. 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 THREATEN/ING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:49 PM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
INZALL-180900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1050 AM EST WED JUN 17 1992 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND...AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...NOBLESVILLE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND ...RUSHVILLE...WINCHESTER...AND INDIANAPOLIS. 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:50 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
INZALL-180900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1050 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND...AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...NOBLESVILLE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND ...RUSHVILLE...WINCHESTER...AND INDIANAPOLIS. 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.
Local storm report, Jun 17, 10:59 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1055 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992
TIME LOCATION EVENT
2244 EST 3 SE OF NOBLESVILLE 66 MPH WIND GUST
HAMILTON COUNTY (AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR)
2251 EST ROYALTON 64 MPH WIND GUST
(BOONE/HENDRICKS CO LINE) (AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR)
MESSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 11:00 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
INZALL-180900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED WORDING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1050 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND...AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...NOBLESVILLE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND ...RUSHVILLE...WINCHESTER...AND INDIANAPOLIS. 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.
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, 7:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 44 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, 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.