Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1992, 5:49 PM EST for Tippecanoe County, White County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1992, 5:49 PM EST (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1992, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Tippecanoe County, IN, White County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 082249 SVRIND INC181-157-082330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 549 PM EST WED JUL 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN NORTHWEST INDIANA ...SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...NORTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY AT 545 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE NORTH OF ROUNDGROVE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF ROUNDGROVE...BADGER GROVE...OCTAGON AND THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WI.TH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STEIGERWALDT
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 8, 12:41 PM EST, 5 hours 8 minutes before
INZALL-081800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1240 PM EST WED JUL 8 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST... AT 1235 PM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF ANDERSON TO SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ...BUT THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. MES ...CORRECTION FOR WORDING IN THE FIRST LINE...
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:28 PM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
INZALL-081800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 125 PM EST WED JUL 8 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST... AT 120 PM ONLY TWO SMALL PATCHES OF THUDERSHOWERS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. ONE AREA WAS ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF MUCNIE NEAR WINCHESTER WHILE ANOTHER AREA OF STRONGER THUNDERSHOWERS WAS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND NEAR LIBERTY. 1 THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL SOON MOVE INTO OHIO. THERE ARE NO OTHER THUNDERSTORMS IN THE STATE AT THIS TIME. MES
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:12 PM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
INZALL-081800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 210 PM EST WED JUL 8 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST... AT 205 PM THE ONLY PRECIPITATION ACTIVITY IN INDIANA WAS AN AREA OF SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS AND MUNCIE. HOWEVER... THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE SO THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS A POSSIBILITY. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR. MES
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:14 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
INZALL-081800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 315 PM EST WED JUL 8 1992 ...THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED OVER THE WATCH AREA IN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THE AIR OVER INDIANA REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE SO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG...COULD DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE THIS EVENING. MES
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:52 PM EST, 57 minutes before
INZALL-090400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 450 PM EST WED JUL 8 1992 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... GARY...SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...ANGOLA... RENSSELAER...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO AND PORTLAND. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CO`NDITIONS 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. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:15 PM EST, 34 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-007-082300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 515 PM EST WED JUL 8 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE. AT 510 PM EST...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR SHELDON AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH THIS THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED A LITTLE SINCE 450 PM...IT STILL CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF GOODLAND...WADENA AND REMINGTON SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES BY. STEIGERWxALDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 5:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 30 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.