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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1992, 6:17 PM EST for Delaware County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1992, 6:17 PM EST (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1992, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Delaware County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 KIND 022319 TORIND INC035-022345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 617 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...DELAWARE COUNTY THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER WESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY NEAR YORKTOWN...8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUNCIE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 60 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
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, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 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, 6:27 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 |
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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.