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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 14, 1992Benton County, White County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1992, 1:25 PM EST for Benton County, White County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1992, 1:25 PM EST (18:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1992, 2:00 PM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Benton County, IN, White County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 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 1992-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 783 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 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
783 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
894 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 141826
TORIND
INC007-181-141900-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
125 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...EASTERN BENTON COUNTY...WHITE COUNTY
 
AT 122 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN
BENTON COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. PERSON IN THE CITIES
OF WOLCOTT...OTTERBEIN...ROUNDGROVE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER 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.
RPG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:08 PM ESTTornado WarningINDSaint Joseph37 min
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, 1:28 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.