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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 15, 1992Cass County, Michigan; Elkhart County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 1992, 5:15 PM EST for Cass County, Michigan; Elkhart County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 15, 1992, 5:15 PM EST (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 1992, 6:00 PM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Elkhart County, IN, Cass County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 232 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1992-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 503 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1992-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
503 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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 KSBN 152217
SVRSBN
INC039-MIC027-152300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
515 PM EST (615 PM EDT) TUE SEP 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EST (700 PM EDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN ELKHART COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
 
   ...SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY
 
AT 510 PM EST/ 610 PM EDT...1 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF SOUTH BEND...OR JUST SOUTHEAST OF NILES MICHIGAN.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE EDWARDSBURG AND ADAMSVILLE
MICHIGAN...AND ELKHART AND BRISTOL INDIANA.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A S9HELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
BARJENBRUCH

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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.