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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 18, 1992Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 3:04 PM EST for Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1992, 3:04 PM EST (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 3:30 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Jennings County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 1992-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1992-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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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 18, 12:59 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:00 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
INZALL-181900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1255 PM EST THU JUN 18 1992

IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM    WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM    EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...

EAST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 12 MILES EAST OF
BEDFORD...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 12 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD TO 15
MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... FORT WAYNE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND...
COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR AND LAWRENCEBURG.

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.
STEIGERWALDT
...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME OF STATEMENT...
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:41 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
INZALL-181930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
140 PM EST THU JUN 18 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN
HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... FORT WAYNE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND...
COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR AND LAWRENCEBURG.

AT 135 PM EST SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTHEAST
AND 30 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO
10 MILES SOUTH OF RUSHVILLE. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST  AT 35 MILES
AND HOUR.

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 18, 2:12 PM EST, 52 minutes before
INZALL-182015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
210 PM  EST THU JUN 18 1992

IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM    WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM  EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF SEYMOUR TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF
LAWRENCEBURG...AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF SEYMOUR TO
25 MILES WEST OF NEW ALBANY.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... MADISON...SCOTTSBURG AND CORYDON.

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.
STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:56 PM EST, 8 minutes before
INZALL-182100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
300 PM EST THU JUN 18 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN
HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... FORT WAYNE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND...
COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR AND LAWRENCEBURG.

AT 255 PM EST SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM MUNCIE TO EAST
OF BLUFFTON. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND
AND OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVG EAST 35 MILES
AND HOUR.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton42 min
Jun 17, 7:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe29 min
Jun 17, 7:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph44 min
Jun 17, 7:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, Howard, Miami30 min
Jun 17, 8:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, Howard, Miami30 min
Jun 17, 8:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Tipton27 min
Jun 17, 8:23 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMiami37 min
Jun 17, 8:33 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHoward27 min
Jun 17, 8:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Tipton30 min
Jun 17, 8:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain26 min
Jun 17, 8:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton36 min
Jun 17, 8:59 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHoward31 min
Jun 17, 9:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Tipton46 min
Jun 17, 9:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton42 min
Jun 17, 9:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTipton42 min
Jun 17, 10:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton48 min
Jun 17, 11:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Marion60 min
Jun 17, 11:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion41 min
Jun 17, 11:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison28 min
Jun 17, 11:46 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBoone14 min
Jun 17, 11:49 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMarion41 min
Jun 17, 11:50 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Madison3 hr
Jun 18, 12:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Morgan62 min
Jun 18, 12:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion47 min
Jun 18, 12:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock65 min
Jun 18, 1:21 AM ESTTornado WarningINDHenry39 min
Jun 18, 1:48 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHenry, Wayne117 min
Jun 18, 1:48 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHancock117 min
Jun 18, 2:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Rush43 min
Jun 18, 2:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette40 min
Jun 18, 2:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Morgan66 min
Jun 18, 2:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion25 min
Jun 18, 3:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJohnson, Morgan, Shelby119 min
Jun 18, 3:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFayette, Rush119 min
Jun 18, 3:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDUnion119 min
Jun 18, 3:22 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJackson, Jennings2 hr
Jun 18, 3:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette, Rush6 min
Jun 18, 1:44 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHenry, Randolph, Wayne31 min
Jun 18, 2:15 PM ESTTornado WarningINDRandolph, Wayne45 min
Jun 18, 5:25 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBarren3 hr
Jun 18, 8:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDWarren3 hr
Jun 18, 9:13 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBarren2 hr
Jun 18, 12:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMonroe4 hr
Jun 18, 4:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHart52 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.