Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1992, 4:38 PM EST for Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1992, 4:38 PM EST (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1992, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Delaware County, IN, Madison County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 232139 SVRIND INC095-035-232230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 438 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...DELAWARE COUNTY AT 435 PM EST HAIL THE SIZE OF A QUARTER WAS REPORTED BY AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERTOR IN ALEXANDRIA IN NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY. THIS IS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF ANDERSON. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPELE 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.
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, 2:36 PM EST, 2 hours 2 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, 1 hour 39 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 EST, 51 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
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:10 PM EST, 28 minutes before
INZALL-232215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 407 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 405 PM EST RADAR WAS SHOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA AND INTO THE AREA FROM ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. . PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:16 PM EST, 22 minutes before
INZALL-232215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 414 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 AT 411 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL IN OWENSBURG...20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. AT 412 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN MOORESVILLE...ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. PRICE PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:35 PM EST, 3 minutes before
INZALL-232235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 432 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 AT 430 PM EST VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM AROUND MUNCIE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA TO AROUND BLOOMINGTON AND THEN TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT e25 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST. PRICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 3:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 27 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 |
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.