Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 5:14 PM EST for Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1992, 5:14 PM EST (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tipton County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 022215 SVRIND INC159-022300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 514 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...TIPTON COUNTY AT 412 PM EST THE CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH AT FRANKFORT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER TIPTON AND WINDFALL. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN IN STRONG BUILDINGS AND STAY AWAY FROM GLASS WINDOWS. 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. RPG
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 45 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 32 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, 1 hour 6 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, 1 hour 2 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, 32 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, 4:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 38 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 |
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.