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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana

April 23, 1992Noble County, Steuben County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1992, 4:14 PM EST for Noble County, Steuben County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 23, 1992, 4:14 PM EST (21:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 1992, 4:45 PM EST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Whole counties

Counties Noble County, IN, Steuben County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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: 838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 281 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 KFWA 232114
SVRFWA
INC113-151-232145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
414 PM EST THU APR 23 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
      NORTHEAST NOBLE...SOUTHWEST STEUBEN

AT 410 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 31 MILES NORTH OF FORT
WAYNE...OR 3 MILES WEST OF KENDALLVILLE INDIANA.  THE STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES PER HOUR.  BY 440 PM EST...IT WILL BE
40 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR ASHLEY INDIANA.

PEOPLE IN THE AREA AROUND THE  TOWN OF KENDALLVILLE AND ASHLEY
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.
DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE {FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

 WITSAMAN

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, Apr 23, 10:51 AM EST, 5 hours 23 minutes before

INZ003-006-OHZ001-231645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
1050 AM EST THU APR 23 1992

AT 1045 AM EST/1145 EDT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED
OVER NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO.

MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM NORTH MANCHESTER
INDIANA TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAULDING OHIO... OR FROM 30 MILES WEST
TO 40 MILES EAST OF FORT WAYNE. IN THIS AREA... THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE 5 MILES WEST AND
10 MILES NORTH OF KENDALLVILLE INDIANA AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PAULDING OHIO.

OTHER SHOWERS WERE OVER NORTHEAST INDIANA IN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND FROM
10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION TO 10 MILES NORTH OF PORTLAND.

ALL OF THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THAT PART
OF THE AREA WEST OF I-69 WILL SEE RAIN TEMPORARILY END BY 1130 AM EST.
HOWEVER... MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVER OUR
AREA BY MIDAFTERNOON.

JRD

Special weather statement, Apr 23, 2:29 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

INZ003-006-OHZ001-232015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
228 PM EST THU APR 23 1992

AT 225 PM EST/ 325 PM EDT... AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
TOWARD PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ELKHART TO NAPPANEE... OR FROM
15 MILES EAST TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND. THIS LINE OF STORMS
WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 55 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM LIGONIER AND TOPEKA NORTH TO THE
MICHIGAN STATE LINE BY 240 PM EST. BY 3 PM EST... THEY WILL BE OVER THE
AREA FROM LAGRANGE TO HOWE AND BY 315 PM THEY WILL MOVE OVER THE LAKE
JAMES AREA.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL... DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN THE ABOVE AREA SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.

JRD

Special weather statement, Apr 23, 3:10 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

INZ003-006-OHZ001-232100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
305 PM EST THU APR 23 1992

AT 310 PM EST/410 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 45 MILES NORTH OF
FORT WAYNE OR NEAR LAGRANGE INDIANA.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MILES PER HOUR.   THIS STORM HAD DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.  BY 4 PM EST...IT WILL HAVE MOVED THROUGH
LAGRANGE AND LAKE JAMES INDIANA...AND ON INTO SOUTH MICHIGAN.

ANOTHER STRONG STORM...WAS 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE IN NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA.  THIS STORM WAS FOLLOWING THE SAME PATH  AND WILL MOVE
THROUGH TOPEKA AND LAGRANGE BY 4 PM EST.

REMEMBER...GO INSIDE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...IF1 YOU HEAR THUNDER OR
SEE LIGHTNING.

WITSAMAN

Special weather statement, Apr 23, 3:20 PM EST, 54 minutes before

INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-232130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
325 PM EST THU APR 23 1992

...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...

AT 315 PM EST/415 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT
30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND...BETWEEN ETNA GREEN AND
MENTONE INDIANA.  BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH AND WILL
MOVE THROUGH WARSAW AND WINONA LAKE BY 4 PM EST.

OTHER SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM BENTON HARBOR MICHIGAN THROUGH CASSOPOLIS
MICHIGAN AND ELKHART IN8DIANA.  THESE SHOWERS WERE ALSO MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH.
MOWERY

Special weather statement, Apr 23, 3:45 PM EST, 29 minutes before

INZ003-006-OHZ001-232145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
342 PM EST THU APR 23 1992

AT 335 PM EST/ 435 PM EDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL... DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED
ALONG A 20 MILE BAND FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIGONIER TO 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ANGOLA... OR FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST TO 50 MILES NORTH OF
FORT WAYNE.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF ANGOLA AND 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LIGONIER.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. BY 430 PM
EST... THESE STORMS WILL HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHERN MICHIGAN. UNTIL THEN
PERSONS IN THE ABOVE AREA SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

JRD

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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.