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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Northern Indiana

July 12, 1992Adams County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1992, 5:40 PM EST for Adams County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 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
Jul 12, 1992, 5:40 PM EST (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1992, 6:30 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Adams County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 12, 5:43 PM ESTTornado F1Adams, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1992-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 506 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 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
506 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Jul 12, 3:10 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:22 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-122215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
410 PM EST SUN JUL 12 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ELKART AND KOSCIUSKO
COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM EST...

AT 410 PM EST/510 PM EDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF PORT CLINTON OHIO...TO 10 MILES
WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10
MILES NORTHWEST TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARSAW INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

BY 5 PM EST THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM VISTULA INDIANA TO
PIERCETON INDIANA. SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.

IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AND
REMAIN AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE DURING THUNDERSTORMS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYoS.

GALLAGHER
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:27 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-122215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
410 PM EST SUN JUL 12 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ELKHART AND KOSCIUSKO
COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST...

AT 410 PM EST/510 PM EDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF PORT CLINTON OHIO...TO 10 MILES
WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10
MILES NORTHWEST TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARSAW INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

BY 5 PM EST THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM VISTULA INDIANA TO
PIERCETON INDIANA. SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.

IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AND
REMAIN AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE DURING THUNDERSTORMS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW yDOWN AND AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

GALLAGHER
...CORRECTION FOR SPELLING...
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:37 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-122200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
436 PM EST SUN JUL 12 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST/11 PM
EDT...

AT 432 PM EST/532 PM EDT...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
35 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF BRYAN.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND
CONTAINED GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

BY 5 PM EST/6 PM EDT...THIS STORM WILL BE LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF TOLEDO.

THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO FORT WAYNE TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION.
THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH
OF THESE STORMS DUE TO THEIR HEAVY RAINFALL.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS FLOODED AREAS EITHER BY VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.

BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:07 PM EST, 33 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-122245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
506 PM EST SUN JUL 12 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST/11 PM
EDT FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO...

AT 502 PM EST/602 PM EDT...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE...NEAR MARKLE.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTAINED
GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

BY 545 PM EST/645 PM EDT...THIS STORM WILL BE LOCATED 20 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE...NEAR DECATUR.

THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES
WEST OF TOLEDO TO FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE.
THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH
OF THESE STORMS DUE TO THEIR HEAVY RAINFALL.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS FLOODED AREAS EITHER BY VEhHICLE OR ON FOOT.

BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:08 PM EST, 32 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-122210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
500 PM EST SUN JUL 12 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ELKHART AND KOSCIUSKO
COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST...

AT 510 PM EST/610 PM EDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO
NORTHEAST INDIANA. THE AREA WAS LOCATED FROM10 MILES NORTH OF ANGOLA
INDIANA...TO JUST WEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA...TO WABASH INDIANA. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

LIGHT RAINSHOWERS REMAIN OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AT THIS TIME. VERY
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO THE WEST OF MICHIANA THIS EVENING WILL AID IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE THUNDE$RSTORMS...SOME COULD BE SEVERE.

WATCH OR LISTEN FOR UPDATED INFORMATION AS THE EVENING CONTINUES.

GALLAGHER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 6:33 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXAdams27 min
Jul 12, 3:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWilliams31 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.