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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 2, 1992Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1992, 8:20 PM EST for Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1992, 8:20 PM EST (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 9:00 PM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Daviess County, IN, Martin County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 239 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1992-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3595 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1992-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
3595 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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 KEVV 030120
TOREVV
INC027-101-030200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
820 PM CDT (820 PM EST) THU JUL 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT (900 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...DAVIESS COUNTY...MARTIN COUNTY
 
AT 818 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST WEST OF ODON
INDIANA...ABOUT 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH...AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR BURNS CITY BY AROUND
835 PM CDT. YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
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.
TT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:18 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Rush27 min
Jul 2, 7:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen25 min
Jul 2, 7:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe25 min
Jul 2, 7:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Sullivan33 min
Jul 2, 8:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Jackson, Lawrence68 min
Jul 2, 8:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox49 min
Jul 3, 12:04 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDPosey, Vanderburgh3 hr

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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.