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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 2, 1992Jasper County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 4:09 PM CDT for Jasper County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1992, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Jasper County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 276 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 321 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 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 KIND 022110
SVRIND
INC073-022145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
409 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...JASPER COUNTY
 
AT 407 PM EST NUMEROUS TREE AND TREE LIMBS WERE REPORTED DOWN IN JASPER
COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR RENSSALEAR
INDIANA...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
 
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.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
ELSON

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, 11:29 AM CDT, 4 hours 40 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, 2:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 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
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:08 PM CDT, 1 minute before
INZALL-020300-

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

IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST AND INCLUDES
ALL OF INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RENNSELAER TO ABOUT 30 MILE SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...MICHIGAN CITY SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...
FORT WAYNE...PLYMOUTH...BLUFFTON AND LOGANSPORT.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARUE 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, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte, Starke50 min
Jul 2, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDNewton42 min
Jul 2, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningINDLaPorte, Starke40 min
Jul 2, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph49 min
Jul 2, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart68 min
Jul 2, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko68 min
Jul 2, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Cass, White65 min
Jul 2, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe30 min
Jul 2, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningINDElkhart, Kosciusko49 min
Jul 2, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningINDFulton, Marshall34 min
Jul 2, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Howard, Miami58 min
Jul 2, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Warren38 min
Jul 2, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTipton46 min
Jul 2, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBoone34 min
Jul 2, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison31 min
Jul 2, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningINDHamilton30 min
Jul 2, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion63 min
Jul 2, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningINDDelaware28 min
Jul 2, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Shelby63 min
Jul 2, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson63 min
Jul 2, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph63 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.