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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 22, 1992Parke County, Vigo County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 1992, 2:15 PM EST for Parke County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 1992, 2:15 PM EST (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 1992, 3:00 PM EST
In force
45 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, 7.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-11-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-11-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 221915
TORIND
INC121-167-222000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
215 PM EST SUN NOV 22 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
 
   ...PARKE COUNTY...NORTHERN VIGO COUNTY
 
AT 205 PM EST...THE STATE POLICE REPORTED NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS AROUND
TERRE HAUTE. THEY ALSO REPORT A TRAILER WAS OVERTURNED BY WIND AT
PIMENTO WHICH IS 5 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL MOVE
OVER ROCKVILLE WHICH IS 20  MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE AND NEAR TURKEY
RUN STATE PARK BY 245 PM EST.
 
THERE WERE ALSO NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL FROM TERRE
HAUTE TO SULLIVAN.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DJITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
 
 
HAINES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 2:27 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene, Owen48 min
Nov 22, 2:55 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMonroe, Morgan35 min
Nov 22, 3:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery25 min
Nov 22, 3:18 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMarion42 min
Nov 22, 4:30 PM ESTTornado WarningINDRush, Shelby60 min
Nov 22, 4:59 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison, Rush46 min
Nov 22, 5:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette, Union49 min
Nov 22, 5:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne27 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.