Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1992, 6:50 PM CDT for Gibson County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 23, 1992, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gibson County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:54 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Gibson, 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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 232352 SVREVV INC051-240015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 650 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...GIBSON COUNTY AT 647 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE...NEAR PATOKA INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH...AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR PRINCETON INDIANA...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE...BY 7 PM. YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...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, 3:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 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 CDT, 2 hours 40 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 CDT, 2 hours 34 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 CDT, 2 hours 15 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
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
INZALL-232340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 536 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 535 PM EST RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE MUNCIE AREA SOUTHWEST TO 15 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND THEN TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO 10 TO 25 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS. SOME SOF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:32 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
INZALL-240030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 630 PM EST TUE JUN 23 1992 AT 625 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED AROUND LOGANSPORT...25 TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM AROUND BLOOMINGTON EAST TO COLUMBUS AND TO GREENSBURG AND ALSO SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO BEDFORD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...THUS 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 CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Gibson | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pike | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warrick | 32 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.