Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1992, 3:18 PM EST for Greene County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1992, 3:18 PM EST (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1992, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greene County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 23, 1:37 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
INZALL-231930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 137 PM EST TUE JUN 23 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 10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF EVANSVILLE TO 20 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEBURG. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE... EVANSVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...GREENSBURG AND RICHMOND. 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 23, 1:51 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
INZALL-231950- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 147 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST. AT 145 PM EST VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE AND TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE THUNDERSTOR#MS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
INZALL-232000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 157 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST. AT 155 PM EST VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA IN AND AROUND THE TERRE HAUTE AREA. AT 151 PM EST THE INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL IN YOUNGSTOWN...ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:17 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
INZALL-232015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 214 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 AT 210 PM EST RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA BY AROUND 3 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. . PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:36 PM EST, 42 minutes before
INZALL-232035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 233 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 AT 230 PM EST RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA FROM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAY CITY...ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND 25 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:59 PM EST, 19 minutes before
INZALL-232100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 257 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 AT 255 PM EST RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA FROM AROUND PRAIRIE CREEK...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO AROUND JASONVILLE...CLAY CITY AND BOGLE CORNER. THESE LOCATIONS ARE ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND FILL DRAINAGE DITCHES QUICKLY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 20 TO 30 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE...AND ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. . THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTI 8 PM EST FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. PRICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 5:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Gibson | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 5:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pike | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 5:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warrick | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 6:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 3:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 4:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Richland | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 6:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edwards, Wabash | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.