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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 23, 1992Elkhart County, Indiana; Saint Joseph County, Michigan

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1992, 5:15 PM EST for Elkhart County, Indiana; Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports 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
Apr 23, 1992, 5:15 PM EST (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1992, 5:45 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Elkhart County, IN, Saint Joseph County, MI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 23, 5:30 PM ESTHail 1Elkhart, IN
Apr 23, 5:40 PM ESTHail 1St. Joseph, MI

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

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 1992-04-23Temperature 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 1992-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 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 232228 COR
SVRSBN
INC039-MIC149-232245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
515 PM EST THU APR 23 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EST/645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF INDIANA
      NORTHERN ELKHART...

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MICHIGAN
      SOUTHERN ST JOSEPH...

AT 515 EST/615 EST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE
INDIANA AND MICHIGAN BORDER OF NORTHEAST ELKHART COUNTY OF INDIANA
AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY OF SOUTHCENTRAL LOWER
MICHIGAN.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL MOVE
ACROSS STURGIS MICHIGAN BY 530 PM EST/630 PM EDT.

THIS STORM IS CAUSING INTENSE LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. YOU
SHOULD SEEK INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM PLUMBING OR APPLIANCES.

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.

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


ARNOLD

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.