Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1992, 3:07 PM EST for Sullivan County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1992, 3:07 PM EST (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1992, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 3:25 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Vigo, IN | |
| Jul 9, 3:35 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Sullivan, IN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 269 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
- 1224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 092008 SVRIND INC153-167-092100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 307 PM EST THU JUL 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...NORTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...VIGO COUNTY AT 308 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE MOVING TO THE EASTSOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL IN COLES COUNTY ILLINOIS OR 25 MILES WESTNORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR. PERSONS IN VIGO COUNTY AND NORTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY THE CITIES OF TERRE HAUTE...FAIRBANKS AND SHELBURN SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 9, 12:04 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
INZALL-091800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1205 PM EST THU JUL 9 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WJG THUNDERSTORMS...AS WELL AS SOME SMALL HAIL. CONSIDERABLE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS WILL OCCUR AS WELL AS POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IN CENTRAL INDIANA. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE AT REDUCED SPEEDS DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES DUE TO TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODED INTERSECTIONS. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY ANY MEANS. PEOPLE SHOULD ALSO REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS DUE TO ALL THE LIGHTNING THAT IS ACCOMPANYING THESE THUNDERSTORMS. REPORT AND FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 12:05 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
INZALL-091800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1205 PM EST THU JUL 9 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WJG DELETE ATTACHED LINES
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:28 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
INZ007>013-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 128 PM EST THU JUL 9 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE WATCH IS FOR AN AREA SOUTH OF LINE FROM SOUTH 18 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE....AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... BLOOMINGTON...BRAZIL...COLUMBUS... INDANAPOLIS...SEYMOUR...AND TERRE HAUTE. 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. AT 125 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS WHICH WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CROSS OVER THE INDIANA/ILLINOIS STATELINE BY 2 AND 3 PM EST. WJG
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:19 PM EST, 48 minutes before
INZALL-100100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 215 PM EST THU JUL 9 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST... AT 210 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST MOVING INTO INDIANA NEAR LAFAYETTE...PART OF AN AREA THAT EXTENDED TO THE SOUTHWEST IN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE JUST SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN IN ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WILL MOVE TO JUST NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE AROUND 245 PM. MES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 11:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Marion | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vermillion, Vigo | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 3:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 3:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 4:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.