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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 17, 1992Elkhart County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 17, 1992, 2:57 PM EST for Elkhart County, Indiana. It was in force for 18 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1992, 2:57 PM EST (19:57 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1992, 3:15 PM EST
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Elkhart County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 1992-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 418 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1992-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
418 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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 172000
TORSBN
INC039-172015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
257 PM EST SUN MAY 17 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...EASTERN ELKHART COUNTY
 
AT 255 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES EAST OF GOSHEN
INDIANA...25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND.
 
THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD AT THIS SAME LOCATION.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE MIDDLEBURY AND MILLERSBURG INDIANA.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
MOWERY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 11:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, Howard, Miami29 min
May 17, 2:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan32 min
May 17, 2:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson35 min
May 17, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush30 min
May 17, 3:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette, Wayne31 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.