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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana

June 17, 1992Wabash County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1992, 7:32 PM EST for Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1992, 7:32 PM EST (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1992, 8:00 PM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Wabash County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2881 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
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

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 33 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 28 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.
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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 25 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 8 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 49 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 7 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSteuben26 min
Jun 17, 7:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXNoble48 min
Jun 17, 7:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb35 min
Jun 17, 7:48 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXNoble27 min
Jun 17, 8:32 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXWabash21 min
Jun 17, 8:55 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXHuntington35 min
Jun 17, 9:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen28 min
Jun 17, 9:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant, Huntington37 min
Jun 17, 9:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Wells42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.