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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 10, 1992Jennings County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 10, 7:05 PM ESTHail 1.75Jennings, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1992-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 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 00:00Z on 1992-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 3:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Tippecanoe33 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.