Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 4:22 PM EST for Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1992, 4:22 PM EST (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kosciusko County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSBN 022126 SVRSBN INC039-085-MIC149-022230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 422 PM EST (522 PM EDT) THU JUL 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST (630 PM EDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...ELKHART COUNTY...NORTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ...ST JOSEPH COUNTY AT 4 25 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAU CLAIRE MICHIGAN...20 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH BEND ...TO BASS LAKE INDIANA...35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE THREE RIVERS AND STURGIS MICHIGAN...ELKHART...GOSHEN...AND WARSAW INDIANA. 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. 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 SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOWERY
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 EST, 4 hours 53 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 EST, 1 hour 40 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 EST, 14 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:12 PM EST, 10 minutes 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte, Starke | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 3:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Newton | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 4:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | LaPorte, Starke | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 4:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 4:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 68 min |
| Jul 2, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Cass, White | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 4:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 4:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fulton, Marshall | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 4:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Miami | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 4:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 5:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 5:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 6:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Shelby | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 63 min |
Nearby
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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.