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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Indianapolis, IN

October 8, 1992Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 8, 1992, 6:09 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 1992, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 1992, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Berrien County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 262 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 1992-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 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 082209
SVRSBN
MIC021-082300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
609 PM EDT THU OCT 8 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MICHIGAN
      SOUTHERN BERRIEN

AT 445 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 5
MILES EAST OF MICHIGAN CITY.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE THREE OAKS AND GALIEN MICHIGAN

GUSTS OF BEEN REPORTED OF 50 MPH WITH THIS STORM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM GET INTO A REIN-
FORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK
THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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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, Oct 8, 3:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
INZALL-090100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
210 PM EST THU OCT 8 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR ALL OF
INDIANA EXCEPT FAR SOUTH.

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES
SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...MUNCIE
...TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS...RICHMOND...BLOOMINGTON AND COLUMBUS.

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.

PRICE
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 3:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
INZ001-002-003-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-082145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
238 PM EST (138 PM CST) THU OCT 8 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF INDIANA
EXCEPT FAR SOUTH...

WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP OVER EASTERN INDIANA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR BRAZIL...ABOUT 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
TERRE HAUTE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR PRAIRIE CITY...ABOUT
15 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA DURING
THE AFTERNOON.

MES
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 3:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
INZ001-002-003-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-082145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
245 PM EST THU OCT 8 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF INDIANA
EXCEPT FAR SOUTH...

WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP OVER WESTERN INDIANA AND EASTERN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR BRAZIL...ABOUT 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
TERRE HAUTE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR PRAIRIE CITY...ABOUT
15 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA DURING
THE AFTERNOON.

MES

...CORRECTION FOR DIRECTIONS IN SECOND LINE OF SECOND PARAGRAPH...
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 4:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
INZ001-002-003-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-082230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
333 PM EST THU OCT 8 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF INDIANA
EXCEPT FOR FAR SOUTH AND FAR WEST...

AT 325 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN WOLCOTT
AND RENNSELAER....OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THERE WAS
ALSO A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR ATTICA...ABOUT 20
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...SOUTH TO JUST EAST EAST OF EVANSVILLE.
SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR ATTICA AT 315 PM. HALF INCH HAIL WAS ALSO
REPORTED IN NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY NEAR DEMOTTE AT 330 PM.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AND WILL
CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON.

MES
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 5:26 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
INZ001-002-003-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-082330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
426 PM EST (326 PM CST) THU OCT 8 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF
INDIANA EXCEPT FAR WEST AND FAR SOUTH...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED WEST OF LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST
OF SOUTH BEND TO 50 MILES EAST OF VINCENNES. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE
CITIES OF INDIANAPOLIS..SOUTH ONTINUED TO 5 MILES WEST OF
BLOOMINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LAFAYETTE..JUST NORTHEAST OF GREENCASTLE WHICH IS ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF
INDIANAPOLIS AND JUST EAST OF SPENCER WHICH IS ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BLOOMBEND..FORT WAYNE..MUNCIE..BLOOMINGTON..
COLUMBUS AND RICHMOND.

AT 420 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MONTICELLO...AND EXTENDED
SOUTH TO 30 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND C6INGTON.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN
HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS INDIANA.

MES

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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.