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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Northern Indiana

July 2, 1992LaGrange County, Noble County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1992, 5:38 PM EST for LaGrange County, Noble County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1992, 5:38 PM EST (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 6:22 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

Counties LaGrange County, IN, Noble County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 321 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 1992-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFWA 022238
TORFWA
INC087-113-022330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
538 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
      SOUTHERN LAGRANGE...NORTHWEST NOBLE

AT 530 PM A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED 5 MILES WEST OF LIGONIER
THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES. TREES WERE
REPORTED DOWN WITH THIS STORM.

 PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF TOPEKA AND ROME CITY
 SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING.


KEEP AWAY FROM ALL WINDOWS. TAKE COVER NOW...DO NOT WASTE TIME
OP8ENING WINDOWS. THE TORNADO WILL DO THAT FOR YOU.

 HAYES

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, Jul 2, 3:28 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-022200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
325 PM EST THU JUL 2 1992

 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST...11 PM EDT...

AT 315 PM EST...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WESTERN
LAKE MICHIGAN..THROUGH GARY INDIANA...THEN SOUTHWEST THROUGH KANKAKEE
ILLINOIS.  WIND GUSTS TO 77 MILES AN HOUR WAS REPORTED AT GARY INDIANA
AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHED.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. AND WILL MOVE INTO LAPORTE AND
STARKE COUNTIES BETWEEN 400 AND 430 PM EST.

THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THESE STORMS WILL APPROACH
QUICKLY. BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. TAKE SHELTER
WHEN STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.
MOWERY
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:24 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-022230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
422 PM EST (522 PM EDT) THU JUL 2 1992

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME
NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EST/ 11 PM EDT THIS THURSDAY EVENING.

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR
ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM SOUTH BEND TO LAFAYETTE.

BY 515 PM EST... THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE ENTERING NORTHEAST INDIANA
FROM LAGRANGE TO WABASH.

THIS IS DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS ARE
POSIBLE.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD DECIDE ONA PLACE OF SHELTER
NOW. A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS ARE BEST. DO NOT SEEK
SHELTER IN AUTOMOBILES.

STAY TUNED TO THIS SAME SOURCE FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

DUMEYER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 5:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWabash52 min
Jul 2, 5:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhitley54 min
Jul 2, 5:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Allen, Wells51 min
Jul 2, 6:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXJay51 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.