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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 2, 1992Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 4:47 PM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1992, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Berrien County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 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 1992-07-02Temperature 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 1992-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSBN 022049
SVRSBN
MIC021-022145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
347 PM EST (447 PM EDT) THU JUL 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EST (545 PM EDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
 
   ...BERRIEN COUNTY
 
AT 445 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
APPROACHING THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STORMS EXTEND
TO THE SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA...KOUTS INDIANA...TO
ADE INDIANA.
 
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...BENTON HARBOR...BRIDGMAN...SAWYER AND
NEW BUFFALO ALL IN 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.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
GALLAGHER

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 2, 12:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
INZALL-022200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1130 AM EST FRI JUL  2 1992

IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM  EST AND
INCLUDES THE EXTREME NORTHWEST TIP OF OUR STATE NEAR CHICAGO.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... EAST CHICAGO...GARY...MERRIVILLE AND
CROWN POINT.

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.
HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
INZALL-020300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
245 PM EST THU JUL 2  1992

IN INDIANA THIS .......TORNADO.......  WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RENNSELAER TO ABOUT
20 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... GARY...MICHIGAN CITY...ELKHART...KENTLAND
...PLYMOUTH 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.
HENDRICKSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass49 min
Jul 2, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph68 min

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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.