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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 22, 1992Monroe County, Morgan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 1992, 2:55 PM EST for Monroe County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Nov 22, 1992, 2:55 PM EST (19:55 UTC)
Expired: Nov 22, 1992, 3:30 PM EST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 22, 2:55 PM EST	Tornado F3	Morgan, IN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 221954
TORIND
INC109-105-222030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
255 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...MORGAN COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 250 PM EST THE MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SOME TREES DOWN IN
NORTHWEST MONROE COUNTY AT ELLETTSVILLE.
 
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORES REPORTED A BARN AND TRAILER DAMAGED IN
NORTHWEST MONROE COUNTY.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
 
 
HAINES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 22, 2:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Parke, Vigo	45 min
Nov 22, 2:27 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Owen	48 min
Nov 22, 3:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery	25 min
Nov 22, 3:18 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Marion	42 min
Nov 22, 4:30 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Rush, Shelby	60 min
Nov 22, 4:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison, Rush	46 min
Nov 22, 5:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fayette, Union	49 min
Nov 22, 5:48 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Wayne	27 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.