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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 2, 1992Hamilton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1992, 6:00 PM EST for Hamilton County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1992, 6:00 PM EST (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 6:30 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Hamilton County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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°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 022300
TORIND
INC057-022330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
600 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY
 
AT 555 PM EST THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT
JOLIETVILLE MOVING TO THE EAST. PERSONS IN HAMILTON COUNTY SHOULD SEEK
IMMEDIATE SHELTER.
 
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 CLOSE.T ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
RPG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 3:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte, Starke50 min
Jul 2, 3:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDNewton42 min
Jul 2, 4:05 PM ESTTornado WarningINDLaPorte, Starke40 min
Jul 2, 4:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJasper36 min
Jul 2, 4:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarshall, Pulaski, Saint Joseph49 min
Jul 2, 4:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart68 min
Jul 2, 4:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko68 min
Jul 2, 4:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Cass, White65 min
Jul 2, 4:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe30 min
Jul 2, 4:41 PM ESTTornado WarningINDElkhart, Kosciusko49 min
Jul 2, 4:41 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFulton, Marshall34 min
Jul 2, 4:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Howard, Miami58 min
Jul 2, 4:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Warren38 min
Jul 2, 5:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTipton46 min
Jul 2, 5:41 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBoone34 min
Jul 2, 5:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison31 min
Jul 2, 6:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion63 min
Jul 2, 6:17 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDelaware28 min
Jul 2, 6:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Shelby63 min
Jul 2, 6:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson63 min
Jul 2, 6:27 PM ESTSevere 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.