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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Northern Indiana

June 17, 1992Paulding County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 11:18 PM EDT for Paulding County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1992, 11:18 PM EDT (03:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1992, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Paulding County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 1992-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2881 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
2881 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
12.7

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 17, 5:24 PM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes 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...
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:43 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSteuben26 min
Jun 17, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXNoble48 min
Jun 17, 8:32 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXWabash28 min
Jun 17, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb35 min
Jun 17, 8:48 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXNoble27 min
Jun 17, 9:32 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXWabash21 min
Jun 17, 9:55 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXHuntington35 min
Jun 17, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen28 min
Jun 17, 10:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant, Huntington37 min
Jun 17, 10:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Wells42 min
Jun 17, 10:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPaulding36 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.