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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 23, 1992Gibson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 1992, 5:24 PM CDT for Gibson County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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: Jun 23, 1992, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 1992, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Gibson County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 23, 5:33 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Gibson, IN
Jun 23, 5:52 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Gibson, 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 232225
TOREVV
INC051-232300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
524 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...GIBSON COUNTY
 
AT 518 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER 25
MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE NEAR PATOKA INDIANA. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR OAKLAND CITY BY 530 PM CDT.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE OR BUILDING AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE DANGER
HAS PASSED.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FO'R A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 SUMMY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene	27 min
Jun 23, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	52 min
Jun 23, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Shelby	30 min
Jun 23, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Pike	37 min
Jun 23, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Warrick	32 min
Jun 23, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Gibson	25 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.