Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1992, 3:27 AM EST for Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1992, 3:27 AM EST (08:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1992, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 110828 SVRIND INC107-157-110900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 327 AM EST SAT APR 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY AT 325 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE STORM ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYATTE. THIS STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE AREAS BETWEEN LAFAYATTE AND CRAWFORDSVILLE BETWEEN 330 AM AND 400 AM EST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...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. JE;H
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, 10:05 PM EST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
INZ001-004-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1000 PM EST FRI APR 10 1992 ...THERE IS A TORNADO WATCH FOR PART OF NORTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 300 AM... THE WATCH INCLUDES LAKE...PORTER...NEWTON...JASPER AND BENTON COUNTIES AND THE COMMUNITIES OF GARY...VALPARAISO...LOWELL...RENSSELAER AND FOWLER. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AREA POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AT 950 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL HENTER NORTHWEST INDIANA AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. DS
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 11:02 PM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
INZ001-004-110500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1100 PM EST FRI APR 10 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR PART OF NORTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 300 AM... THE WATCH INCLUDES LAKE...PORTER...NEWTON...JASPER AND BENTON COUNTIES AND THE COMMUNITIES OF GARY...VALPARAISO...LOWELL...RENSSELAER AND FOWLER. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AREA POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH ILLINOIS AT 1050 PM. THE STORMS WERE FROM CHICAGO THROUGH PEORIA TO NEAR QUINCY. THE STORMS WERE NOT AS STRONG AS THEY WERE AT 1000 PM. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL BE AROUND GARY TO SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS AT MIDNIGHT AND SOUTH BEND TO CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS AT 100 AM. DS
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 11:54 PM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-007-110600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1155 PM EST FRI APR 10 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR PART OF NORTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 300 AM... THE WATCH INCLUDES LAKE...PORTER...NEWTON...JASPER AND BENTON COUNTIES...AND THE COMMUNITIES OF GARY...VALPARAISO...LOWELL... RENSSELAER AND FOWLER. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM GARY TO JUST SOUTH OF PEORIA AT 1150 PM. THEY WILL BE FROM< NEAR SOUTH BEND TO MOROCCO AT 100 AM AND WARSAW TO FOWLER AT 200 AM. THE STORMS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THEY MOVED THROUGH CHICAGO. DS
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 1:03 AM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-007-110730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 100 AM EST SAT APR 11 1992 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD MOVED INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA HAVE WEAKENED A LITTLE DURING THE PAST FEW HOUR. EVEN THOUGH TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED...THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. AROUND 1230 ANM EST SOUTH BEND REPORTED WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. AT 1255 AM EST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTH BEND TO BLOOMINGTON ILLINOIS. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE FROM NEAR KENDALVILLE TO FOWLER BY 200 AM EST. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 2:41 AM EST, 46 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 7:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 26 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.