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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 1992, 6:33 PM EST for Adams County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1992, 6:33 PM EST (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1992, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adams County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 122333
TORFWA
INC001-130000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
633 PM EST SUN JUL 12 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
ADAMS
AT 629 PM EST A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD
8 MILES EAST OF BLUFFTON INDIANA. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF DECATUR AND BERNE
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING.
KEEP AWAY FROM ALL WINDOWS. TAKE COVER NOW...DO NOT WASTE TIME
OPENING WINDOWS. THE TORNADO WILL DO THAT FOR YOU.
IN A HOME...ONE OF THE BEST SHELTERS IS THE BASEMENT UNDER HEAVY
FURNITURE AND WHERE OVERHEAD SUPPORT AND PROTECTION IS GREATEST.
HAYESWhat 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 12, 4:22 PM EST, 2 hours 11 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, 2 hours 6 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 56 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, 1 hour 26 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, 1 hour 25 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
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:21 PM EST, 12 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-122315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 615 PM EST SUN JUL 12 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IS IN EFFECT FOR ELKHART AND KOSCIUSKO COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 610 PM EST/710 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES WIDE HAD DEVELOPED FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON MICHIGAN...TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF JOLIET ILLINOIS. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF WARSAW INDIANA AND 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF CAUGHT OUTDOORS TAKE SHELTER UNDER A SSTURDY STUCTURE... STAY AWAY FROM TREES AND TALL OBJECTS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE DURING A THUNDERSTORM. GALLAGHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 50 min |
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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.