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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1992, 7:08 PM EST for Saint Joseph County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1992, 7:08 PM EST (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1992, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 37 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 00:00Z, 0.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3023 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 12.6
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:25 PM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
INZ001>007-006-010-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 325 PM EST MON JUL 13 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR PART OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...ANGOLA...FORT WAYNE...KOKOMO... RENSSELAER AND SOUTH BEND. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WJG
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:09 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
INZ001>007-006-010-140400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 510 PM EST MON JUL 13 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR PART OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...ANDERSON...ANGOLA...FORT WAYNE...KOKOMO... RENSSELAER AND SOUTH BEND. THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 612 THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITI~ONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. . TMA
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:00 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
INZ001>007-006-010-140030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 600 PM EST MON JUL 13 1992 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO RICHMOND. SOME NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE KOKOMO ...RENSSELAER...MONITCELLO...LOGANSPORT...MARION...RICHMOND AND ANDERSON. AT 600 PM EST RADAR WAS SHOWING NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. HOWEVER...ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA OF CENTRAL INDIANA. PERSONS IN NORTH8 CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. . TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 8:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 9:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 1:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Benton, White | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 1:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 3:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Cass | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:41 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Howard | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 6:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette, Union | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 6:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 6:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 53 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.