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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 22, 1992Greene County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 1992, 2:27 PM EST for Greene County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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: Nov 22, 1992, 2:27 PM EST (19:27 UTC)
Expired: Nov 22, 1992, 3:15 PM EST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Greene County, IN, Owen County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 22, 2:45 PM EST	Hail 1.75	Owen, 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

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 245 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: 539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 221926
TORIND
INC055-119-222015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
227 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...EASTERN GREENE COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...OWEN COUNTY
 
AT 222 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT MAY BE
PRODUCING A TORNADO IN NORTHERN GREENE AND OWEN COUNTY.
 
THE STORM WILL MOVE JUST TO THE WEST OF SPENCER WHICH IS 30 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE BY 300 PM.
 
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 22, 2:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Parke, Vigo	45 min
Nov 22, 2:55 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan	35 min
Nov 22, 3:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery	25 min
Nov 22, 3:18 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Marion	42 min
Nov 22, 4:30 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Rush, Shelby	60 min
Nov 22, 4:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison, Rush	46 min
Nov 22, 5:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fayette, Union	49 min
Nov 22, 5:48 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Wayne	27 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.