Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 2:15 PM EST for Randolph County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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, 2:15 PM EST (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Randolph County, IN, Wayne County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:15 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Wayne, 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 181925 COR TORIND INC135-177-182000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTION TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 215 PM EST THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY...SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY FUNNEL CLOUD WAS NEAR MOORELAND WHICH IS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE ECONOMY...MODOC...FOUNTAIN CITY AND LYNN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, 1:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry | 39 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, 3:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 26 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992
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.