Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana

Issued

Jun 17, 1992, 9:48 PM EST (02:48 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 1992, 10:30 PM EST

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Northern Indiana

Area

Whole counties

Counties Adams County, IN, Wells County, 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.

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TTAA00 KFWA 180249
SVRFWA
INC001-179-180330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
948 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY...WELLS COUNTY
 
AT 950 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MARION...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUFFTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BLUFFTON
AREA DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR DECATUR BY 1030 PM
EST. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER.
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY SRAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
BARJENBRUCH

In the hours before

INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-172225-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
425 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST...

INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-172315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
540 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST INDIANA
UNTIL 10 PM EST/11 PM EDT.

AT 538 PM EST /638 PM EDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST
INDIANA. HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST
INDIANA AND WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA BY 7 PM EST/
8 PM EDT.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBLE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY.

MARSHALL

INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-180030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
625 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST...
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND MOST OF
LAKE MICHIGAN UNTIL 9 00 PM EDT...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND
NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AT 6 15 PM EST.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH...TOPPLING SOME TREES AND LIMBS
AND CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION AREA EXTENDED FROM KALAMAZOO...
AND THREE RIVERS IN MICHIGAN...TO ELKHART AND ROCHESTER INDIANA AT
6 10 PM EST.  SEVERAL UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION AREA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MPH AND SHOULD BE ENDING
AT SOUTH BEND BY AROUND 7 PM EST.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTH CpENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS

MOWERY

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.