Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1992, 7:04 PM EST for Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 10, 1992, 7:04 PM EST (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1992, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jennings County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 7:05 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Jennings, IN |
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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 110005 SVRIND INC079-110030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 704 PM EST FRI APR 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA ...JENNINGS COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 10 MILES EAST OF SEYMOUR...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH VERNON. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR NORTH VERNON BY 715 PM AND NEAR BUTLERVILLE BETWEEN 715 AND 730 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN..6. AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DS
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, 4:34 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
INZ010-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 430 PM EST FRI APR 10 1992 AT 425 PM EST WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AND WILL BE OUT OF INDIANA BEFORE 5 PM EST. AT 426 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED HAIL ABOUT 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER BETWEEN NEW CASTLE AND JACKSONBURG. THIS HAIL OCCURRED AROUND 410 PM EST. PRICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 3:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 33 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.