Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 2:34 PM EST for LaGrange County, Noble County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 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 14, 1992, 2:34 PM EST (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1992, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties LaGrange County, IN, Noble County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2:50 PM EST | Hail 1 | Noble, 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 783 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
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 14, 11:50 AM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 14, 12:53 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-141845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 1251 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND ALMOST ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM EST/9 PM EDT... AT 1245 PM EST/145 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM JACKSON MICHIGAN TO SOUTH BEND...AND THEN TO RENSSELEAR INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND... NEAR DAYTON MICHIGAN AND 20 MILES WEST OF SOUTH BEND...NEAR ROLLING PRAIRIE INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BY 130 PM EST/230 PM EDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM STURGIS MICHIGAN TO ELKHART TO ROCHESTER INDIANA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO CAUSE STREET FLOODING...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:16 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-141900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 115 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 800 PM EST/900 PM EDT... AT 111 PM EST/211 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AND HOUR. BY 200 PM EST/300 PM EDT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA AND WILL EXTEND FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANGOLA TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBION. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP. MARSHALL
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:22 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-1419200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 120 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND ALMOST ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM EST/9 PM EDT... AT 115 PM EST/215 PM EDT...RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF ELKHART TO WINAMAC INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND...NEAR ARGOS INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTAINED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. BY 2 PM EST/3 PM EDT...THE STRONGEST STORM WILL BE LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND...NEAR MILFORD. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED FROM THREE RIVERS MICHIGAN TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELO&P IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO CAUSE STREET FLOODING...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:02 PM EST, 32 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 200 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR... AT 156 PM EST/256 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELKHART TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOGANSPORT. THESE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE LINE OF STORMS ITSELF WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA. BY 3 PM EST/4 PM EDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE OF STORMS WILL EXTEND FROzM 45 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE...NEAR LAKE JAMES TO NEAR LOGANSPORT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST/9 PM EDT FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:05 PM EST, 29 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 205 PM EST TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND ALMOST ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 8 PM EST/9 PM EDT... AT 200 PM EST/300 PM EDT...RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF ELKHART TO LAFAYETTE INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND...NEAR KEWANNA INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BY 3 PM EST/4 PM EDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL EXTEND FROM LAGRANGE TO SOUTH OF ROCHESTER INDIANA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATE LY. HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO CAUSE STREET FLOODING...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. BARJENBRUCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 3:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | DeKalb, Steuben | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 3:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 3:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Williams | 52 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.