Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1992, 3:36 PM EST for Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1992, 3:36 PM EST (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1992, 4:10 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 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 102038 SVRIND INC065-102130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 336 PM EST FRI APR 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY AT 333 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS NEAR KNIGHTSTOWN. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD NEW CASTLE. 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. PRICE
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, Apr 10, 12:28 PM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
INZ012-013-101800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1225 PM EST FRI APR 10 1992 VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH A PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AT 1220 PM EST. THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS 5 TO 10 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AROUND NOON THE PUBLIC REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL 20 MILES WEST OF SEYMOUR. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED FROM 40 MILES EAST TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS BY 110 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF SEYMOUR...NORTH VERNON...CROTHERSVILLE... AND COMMISKEY SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS BY. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS WIND DAMAGE OR LARGE HAIL TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STEIGERWzALDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 10:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 45 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.