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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 22, 1992Marion County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 22, 3:30 PM ESTHail 1Marion, IN
Nov 22, 3:45 PM ESTTornado F3Marion, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-11-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-11-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 2:15 PM ESTTornado WarningINDParke, Vigo45 min
Nov 22, 2:27 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene, Owen48 min
Nov 22, 2:55 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMonroe, Morgan35 min
Nov 22, 3:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery25 min
Nov 22, 4:30 PM ESTTornado WarningINDRush, Shelby60 min
Nov 22, 4:59 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison, Rush46 min
Nov 22, 5:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette, Union49 min
Nov 22, 5:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne27 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.