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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 13, 1992Saint Joseph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1992, 6:18 PM EST for Saint Joseph County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1992, 6:18 PM EST (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1992, 7:00 PM EST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Joseph 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 260 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 1992-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 795 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 1992-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 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
795 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 1:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClinton, Howard, Madison, Tipton4 hr
Jul 13, 1:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Randolph4 hr
Jul 13, 5:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Madison, Randolph3 hr
Jul 13, 5:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClinton, Howard, Tipton3 hr
Jul 13, 6:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph40 min

Nearby

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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.