Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Northern 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 5:43 PM EST | Tornado F1 | Adams, 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.
- 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
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 6:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Adams | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Williams | 31 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.