Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 1992, 3:18 PM EST for Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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
- Nov 22, 1992, 3:18 PM EST (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 3:30 PM EST | Hail 1 | Marion, IN | |
| Nov 22, 3:45 PM EST | Tornado F3 | Marion, 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 222025 COR TORIND INC097-222100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 318 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...MARION COUNTY AT 315 PM EST THE STATE POLICE REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERE LINES DOWN IN MORGAN COUNTY. PART OF STATE ROAD 67 IS COMPLETELY CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES. A BUILDING AT A PROPANE COMPANY WAS ALSO DAMAGED. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA BY 400 PM. 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 FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. HAINES
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, 2:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 48 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, 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.