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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 13, 1992LaPorte County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1992, 8:42 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1992, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County LaPorte County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 282 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 00:00Z on 1992-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3023 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 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
3023 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
12.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSBN 140142
SVRSBN
INC091-140215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
842 PM EST (842 PM CDT) MON JUL 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EST (915 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN LAPORTE COUNTY
 
AT 840 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEW
BUFFALO MICHIGAN TO MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA...OR FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SOUTH BEND TO MICHIGAN CITY.
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM ARE LAPORTE...AND ROLLING
PRAIRIE.
 
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 HAFS PASSED.
 
GRIFFIN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningINDSaint Joseph37 min
Jul 13, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph40 min
Jul 13, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart40 min
Jul 14, 1:25 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBenton, White35 min
Jul 14, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe47 min
Jul 14, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll60 min
Jul 14, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo60 min
Jul 14, 3:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDCarroll, Cass3 hr
Jul 14, 3:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDHoward3 hr
Jul 14, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Randolph61 min
Jul 14, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette, Union56 min
Jul 14, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush, Shelby67 min
Jul 14, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne42 min
Jul 14, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Jennings53 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.