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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 13, 1992Saint Joseph County, Indiana

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1992-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3023 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte33 min
Jul 13, 8:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph40 min
Jul 13, 9:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart40 min
Jul 14, 1:25 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBenton, White35 min
Jul 14, 1:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe47 min
Jul 14, 2:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll60 min
Jul 14, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo60 min
Jul 14, 3:25 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDCarroll, Cass3 hr
Jul 14, 3:41 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHoward3 hr
Jul 14, 5:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Randolph61 min
Jul 14, 6:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette, Union56 min
Jul 14, 6:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush, Shelby67 min
Jul 14, 6:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne42 min
Jul 14, 6:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Jennings53 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.