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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 37 min |
| 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, 1:28 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 |
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.