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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 24, 1992Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 2:39 PM EST for Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1992, 2:39 PM EST (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1992, 3:15 PM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 102 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 241940
SVRIND
INC097-242015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
239 PM EST WED JUN 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...EASTERN MARION COUNTY
 
AT 2 35 PM EST QUARTER SIZE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR 21AT AND
ARLINGTON IN INDIANAPOLIS.
 
THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSON ON THE EAST SIDE
OF INDIANAPOLIS SHOULD STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING.c..AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
WJG

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 24, 2:32 PM EST, 7 minutes before
INZ008-009-010-242000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
230 AM EST WED JUN 24 1992

AT 225 PM EST STATE POLICE REPORTED MABLE SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS  L
AND HEAVY RAINS OVER EAGLE CREEK AT INDIANAPOLIS IN CENTRAL INDIANAPOLIS.

RADAR AT 225 PM EST INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WHICH EXTENDED FROM CRAWFORSVILLE THROUGH THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE METRO
AREA OF INDIANAPOLIS TO EAST OF NEW CASTLE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR.  PERSONS
IN THE METROPOLITAN INDIANAPOLIS ARREA CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINS AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

AGE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:37 PM EST, 2 minutes before
INZ008-009-010-242000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
230 PAM EST WED JUN 24 1992

AT 225 PM EST STATE POLICE REPORTED MABLE SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...
AND HEAVY RAINS OVER EAGLE CREEK AT INDIANAPOLIS IN CENTRAL INDIANAPOLIS.

RADAR AT 225 PM EST INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WHICH EXTENDED FROM CRAWFORDVILLE THROUGH THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE METRO
AREA OF INDIANAPOLIS TO EAST OF NEW CCASTLE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR.  PERSONS
IN THE METROPOLITAN INDIANAPOLIS AREA AND ALONG THE PATH OF THESE SHOWERS
CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

AGE

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.