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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 1:21 AM EST for Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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
- Jun 18, 1992, 1:21 AM EST (06:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 2:00 AM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:58 AM EST | Hail 1.75 | Henry, 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 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 2881 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 12.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 180621 TORIND INC065-180700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 121 AM EST THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...HENRY COUNTY AT 115 AM WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT OF A HOUSE AND A BARN DAMAGED NEAR WILKINSON. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE TOWARDS KENARD AND NEW CASTLE IN HENRY COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 7:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 7:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, Howard, Miami | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 8:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, Howard, Miami | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 8:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 8:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Miami | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 8:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 8:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 8:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 8:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 8:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 9:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 9:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 9:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 10:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 11:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Marion | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 11:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 11:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 11:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone | 14 min |
| Jun 17, 11:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Marion | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 11:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 12:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 12:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 1:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Henry, Wayne | 117 min |
| Jun 18, 1:48 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hancock | 117 min |
| Jun 18, 2:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 2:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 2:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 2:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 3:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan, Shelby | 119 min |
| Jun 18, 3:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fayette, Rush | 119 min |
| Jun 18, 3:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Union | 119 min |
| Jun 18, 3:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette, Rush | 6 min |
| Jun 18, 1:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph, Wayne | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 2:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Randolph, Wayne | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 3:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 26 min |
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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.