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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 9, 1992Jasper County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 1992, 7:04 PM CDT for Jasper County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 1992, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Jasper 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 276 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 1992-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1710 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
1710 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 100005
TORIND
INC073-100030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
704 PM EST WED SEP 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...JASPER COUNTY
 
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT ST. JOSEPH
COLLEGE IN RENSSELAER. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE
IN MOODY AND NEWLAND SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.
 
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.
 
SBH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningINDKosciusko32 min
Sep 9, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBenton38 min
Sep 9, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe, White42 min
Sep 9, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay28 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.