Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 4:52 PM EST for Fountain County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1992, 4:52 PM EST (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fountain County, IN, Warren County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 849 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 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 KIND 022152 SVRIND INC045-171-022230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 452 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...FOUNTAIN COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY AT 450 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM NEAR JOHNSONVILLE INDIANA...8 MILES NORTHEAST OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. TOWNS THREATENED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE WEST LEBANON AND NEWTOWN. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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. ELSON
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, Jul 2, 11:29 AM EST, 5 hours 23 minutes before
INZALL-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1130 AM EST FRI JUL 2 1992 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST AND INCLUDES THE EXTREME NORTHWEST TIP OF OUR STATE NEAR CHICAGO. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... EAST CHICAGO...GARY...MERRIVILLE AND CROWN POINT. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:42 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
INZALL-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 245 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992 IN INDIANA THIS .......TORNADO....... WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RENNSELAER TO ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... GARY...MICHIGAN CITY...ELKHART...KENTLAND ...PLYMOUTH AND SOUTH BEND. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:08 PM EST, 44 minutes before
INZALL-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 410 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992 IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST AND INCLUDES ALL OF INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RENNSELAER TO ABOUT 30 MILE SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...MICHIGAN CITY SOUTH BEND...ELKHART... FORT WAYNE...PLYMOUTH...BLUFFTON AND LOGANSPORT. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARUE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:12 PM EST, 40 minutes before
INZALL-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 410 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992 IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST AND INCLUDES ALL OF INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RENNSELAER TO ABOUT 30 MILE SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...MICHIGAN CITY SOUTH BEND...ELKHART... FORT WAYNE...PLYMOUTH...BLUFFTON AND LOGANSPORT. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:42 PM EST, 10 minutes before
INZALL-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 440 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992 IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCHES HAVE TO EXTENDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE NORTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO SEYMOUR TO RICMOND UNTIL 10 PM EST. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN ALL 3 WATCHES ARE...SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE... KOKOMO...LAFAYATTE...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...AND BLOOMINGTON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT COCNDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte, Starke | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 3:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Newton | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 4:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | LaPorte, Starke | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 4:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 4:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 68 min |
| Jul 2, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 68 min |
| Jul 2, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Cass, White | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 4:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 4:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fulton, Marshall | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 4:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Miami | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 5:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 5:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 6:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Shelby | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 63 min |
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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.