Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1992, 6:05 PM EST for Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1992, 6:05 PM EST (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1992, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Saint Joseph County, IN, Berrien County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 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 KSBN 132307 SVRSBN INC141-MIC021-132345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 605 PM EST (705 PM EDT) MON JUL 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EST (745 PM EDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...NORTHERN ST JOSEPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ...SOUTHERN BERRIEN COUNTY AT 603 PM EST/703 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF SOUTH BEND...NEAR LYDICK INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...AND NILES MICHIGAN. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BARJENBRUCH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:25 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
INZ001>007-006-010-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 325 PM EST MON JUL 13 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR PART OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...ANGOLA...FORT WAYNE...KOKOMO... RENSSELAER AND SOUTH BEND. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WJG
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:09 PM EST, 56 minutes before
INZ001>007-006-010-140400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 510 PM EST MON JUL 13 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR PART OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...ANDERSON...ANGOLA...FORT WAYNE...KOKOMO... RENSSELAER AND SOUTH BEND. THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 612 THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITI~ONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. . TMA
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:00 PM EST, 5 minutes before
INZ001>007-006-010-140030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 600 PM EST MON JUL 13 1992 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO RICHMOND. SOME NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE KOKOMO ...RENSSELAER...MONITCELLO...LOGANSPORT...MARION...RICHMOND AND ANDERSON. AT 600 PM EST RADAR WAS SHOWING NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. HOWEVER...ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA OF CENTRAL INDIANA. PERSONS IN NORTH8 CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. . TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Madison, Tipton | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.