Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 8:26 PM EST for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1992, 8:26 PM EST (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 9:15 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Knox County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 3595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 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 030125 SVREVV INC083-030215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 826 PM CDT (826 PM EST) THU JUL 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT (915 PM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...KNOX COUNTY AT 823 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE...NEAR FREELANDVILLE INDIANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTPHALIA INDIANA BY AROUND 840 PM CDT. YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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. 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, Jul 2, 4:08 PM EST, 4 hours 18 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, 4 hours 14 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, 3 hours 44 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.
Local storm report, Jul 2, 6:07 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
607 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992
...ALL REPORTS FROM COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICES...
TIME LOCATION EVENT
1600 EST NEWTON CO TREE LIMBS DOWN
1505 EST JASPER CO LARGE TREE DOWN
1500-1600 EST JASPER CO 1/4 INCH HAIL...65 MPH WIND
1730 EST CARROLL CO TREE DOWN ON A WIRE CAUSING
A FIRE
1645 EST CASS CO TREES DOWN...BARN BLOWN OVER
PLUS OTHER MINOR STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE. SOME HAIL.
???? EST WHITE CO TREES DOWN OVER A ROAD
???? EST TIPPECANOE CO LIMBS DOWN
???? EST CLINTON CO...MULBERRY SMALL LIMBS DOWN...METAL SHED
BLOWN OVER
1710 EST HOWARD CO...FRANKFORT 3 TO 4 FT DEEP ABOVE GROUND
SWIMMING POOL BLOWN OVERSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 6:27 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
INZALL-030300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 625 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992 IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST AND INCLUDES A PART OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA EAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILE SOUTH OF RICHMOND TO SALEM AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SALEM TO MADISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... GREENSBURG...NORTH VERNON...MADISON AND LAWRENCEBURG. 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. JEH
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:08 PM EST, 18 minutes before
INZALL-030300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 808 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. THE WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RICHMOND...TO INDIANAPOLIS TO 20 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. NORTH OF THIS LINE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS... VERY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THE STORMS FROM EXTENDING FROM TERRE HAUTE...THROUGH BLOOMINGTON AND INDIANAPOLIS...TO RMICHMOND. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. HEAVY RAINS CAN QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADS. FREQUENT...AND DANGEROUS...LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. ELSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 7:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 7:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 7:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 8:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Lawrence | 68 min |
| Jul 2, 8:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 12:04 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Posey, Vanderburgh | 3 hr |
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.