Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1992, 4:09 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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 23, 1992, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1992, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 4:25 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Richland, IL | |
| Jun 23, 4:45 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Lawrence, IL |
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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 1877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 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 KEVV 232111 SVREVV ILC101-159-232200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 409 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...LAWRENCE COUNTY...RICHLAND COUNTY AT 406 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE...NEAR STRINGTOWN ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE LAWRENCEVILLE ILLINOIS AREA BY AROUND 430 PM CDT. YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRINGs...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TT
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, 1:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 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 CDT, 2 hours 9 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 CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes 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 CDT, 1 hour 33 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 CDT, 1 hour 10 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
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:47 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
INZALL-232145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST. AT 340 PM EST RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA TO 20 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON TO 35 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON. AT 343 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN IN BLOOMFIELD...ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA FROM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF MUNCIE TO 5 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE. PRICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edwards, Wabash | 28 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.