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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 16, 1992Hendricks County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 1992, 7:03 PM EST for Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 1992, 7:03 PM EST (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1992, 7:30 PM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Hendricks 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 198 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 1992-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1591 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 00:00Z on 1992-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1591 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 170006
TORIND
INC063-170030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
703 PM EST THU JUL 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...HENDRICKS COUNTY
 
AT 658 PM EST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PLAINFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT
AT AMO. AMO IS 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS.
 
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ALSO CONFIRMED THE TORNADO AT AMO.
 
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
PEOPLE IN SPRINGTOWN...DANVILLE AND NORTH BELLEVILLE SHOULD GO TO A
STRONG BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU LIVE IN A TRAILER...ABANDON IT FOR A
STRONG BUILDING NEARBY.
STEIGERWALDT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 7:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion43 min
Jul 16, 7:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware31 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.