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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 30, 1992, 2:21 PM EST for Parke County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1992, 2:21 PM EST (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1992, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Parke County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1037 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 301922 TORIND INC121-167-302000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 221 PM EST THU JUL 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN PARKE COUNTY...NORTHERN VIGO COUNTY AT 220 PM EST STATE POLICE HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF TWO HOMES DAMAGED 5 MILES SOUTH OF CLINTON...15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE TOWN OF ROSEDALE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. TMA
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 30, 2:11 PM EST, 10 minutes before
INZ000-310200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 697 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 210 PM EST THU JUL 30 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... THE WATCH INCLUDES MOST OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 20 MILES EAST OF BLUFFTON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... ANDERSON BEDFORD BLOOMINGTON BLUFFTON COLUMBUS INDIANAPOLIS KOKOMO LAFAYETTE MARION WASHINGTON WINCHESTER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette | 30 min |
| Jul 30, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 35 min |
| Jul 30, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 25 min |
| Jul 30, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 40 min |
| Jul 30, 2:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 34 min |
| Jul 30, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 29 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.