Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 7:40 PM EST for DeKalb County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 17, 1992, 7:40 PM EST (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County DeKalb County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:50 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | De Kalb, 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFWA 180041 SVRFWA INC033-180115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 740 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST INDIANA ...DEKALB COUNTY AT 738 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUBURN INDIANA. THIS TUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS 4IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, 1:59 PM EST, 5 hours 41 minutes before
INZ001-002-MIZ001-007-008-172100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 155 PM EST WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND MOST OF LAKE MICHIGAN UNTIL 9 00 PM EDT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN AND MOST OF LAKE MICHIGAN EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES BERRIEN...CASS...AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. AT 1 50 PM EST...2 50 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN MICHIGAN TO JOLIET ILLINOIS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE MICHIANA AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NO THUNDERSTORMS WEjRE OBSERVED OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA OR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BUT WINDS GUSTING TO 39 MPH HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL TREE LIMBS BEING DOWN AROUND THE SOUTH BEND AREA. TA
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:04 PM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-172130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 305 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... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN AND MOST OF LAKE MICHIGAN EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...AND FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY DAMAGIN TORNADOES. ALSO...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. AT 2 50 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS FROM MUSKEGEON MICHIGAN TO PEORIA ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. < THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH BENTON HARBOR AND ST. JOSEPH MICHIGAN BY 4 30 PM EDT...3 30 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE CAUSED NUMEROUS TREES AND TREE LIMBS TO TOPPLE ACROSS ST. JOSEPH COUNTY INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON DISRUPTING POWER AND TELEPHONES IN SOME AREAS. THE PEAK GUSTY OF WIND RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS BEE 46 MPH AT 2 229 PM EST. PERSONS THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS MOWERY
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:07 PM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-172130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 305 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... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF LOWER MICHIGAN AND MOST OF LAKE MICHIGAN EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...AND FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY DAMAGIN TORNADOES. ALSO...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. AT 2 50 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS FROM MUSKEGEON MICHIGAN TO PEORIA ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. < THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH BENTON HARBOR AND ST. JOSEPH MICHIGAN BY 4 30 PM EDT...3 30 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE CAUSED NUMEROUS TREES AND TREE LIMBS TO TOPPLE ACROSS ST. JOSEPH COUNTY INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON DISRUPTING POWER AND TELEPHONES IN SOME AREAS. THE PEAK GUSTY OF WIND RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS BEEN 46 MPH AT 229 PM EST. PERSONS THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AdND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS MOWERY ...CORRECTION FOR SPELLING IN 6TH PARAGRAPH...
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:24 PM EST, 3 hours 16 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, 5:43 PM EST, 1 hour 57 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, 6:25 PM EST, 1 hour 15 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Steuben | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 7:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 7:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Wabash | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 7:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Noble | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 8:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Wabash | 21 min |
| Jun 17, 8:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 9:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 9:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 9:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 42 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.