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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 2, 1992LaPorte County, Starke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1992, 4:05 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1992, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties LaPorte County, IN, Starke County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 270 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 KSBN 022107
TORSBN
INC091-149-022145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
405 PM EST (405 PM CDT) THU JUL 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EST (445 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...LAPORTE COUNTY...NORTHERN STARKE COUNTY
 
AT 400 PM EST...A SEVERE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 15
MILES NORTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH MICHIGAN...TO LAPORTE INDIANA...TO JUST
WEST OF NORTH JUDSON INDIANA.
 
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS
STORM...LAPORTE...STILLWELL...HANNA...BREMS AND HAMLET ALL OF 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.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
GALLAGHER

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, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJasper36 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.