Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 11:05 AM EDT for Dearborn County, Indiana. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1993, 11:05 AM EDT (15:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1993, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dearborn County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCVG 041508 RRA SVRCVG INC029-041600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1105 AM EDT (1005 AM EST) FRI JUN 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON EDT (1100 AM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA ...DEARBORN COUNTY AT 1100 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF BROOKVILLE INDIANA...LOCATED 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI...TO VERSAILLES INDIANA...LOCATED 27 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI. THIS LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN CALLED INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FROM THE VERSAILLES INDIANA STATE POLICE POST IN AND AROUND THE VERSAILLES AREA. IT IS THIS LINE OF STORMS THAT HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DEARBORN COUNTY INDIANA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS SINCE THEY CAN EASILY SHATTER IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR APPLIANCES UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. POOLE
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 4, 7:19 AM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-041230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 719 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER NORTH OF LOUISVILLE WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD OWEN COUNTY KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. AT 715 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CINCINNATI SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN SHELBYVILLE AND NEW CASTLE KENTUCKY ...WHICH IS ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE TRACK OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAKE THEM ON A COURSE...WHICH MAY CLIP EXTREME SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTY...SOUTH OF OWENTON KENTUCKY... AROUND 745 AM EDT. PEOPLE IN THE PATCH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AS THEY APPROACH OUR AREA. SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-041230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 719 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER NORTH OF LOUISVILLE WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD OWEN COUNTY KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. AT 715 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CINCINNATI SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN SHELBYVILLE AND NEW CASTLE KENTUCKY ...WHICH IS ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE TRACK OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAKE THEM ON A COURSE...WHICH MAY CLIP EXTREME SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTY...SOUTH OF OWENTON KENTUCKY... AROUND 745 AM EDT. PEOPLE IN THE NPATCH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AS THEY APPROACH OUR AREA. SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-041330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 806 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING AND DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDES NEARLY ALL OF OUR NORTHERN KENTUCKY COUNTIES...BOONE...CARROLL...GALLATIN...KENTON AND OWEN UNTIL 2 PM EDT. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM SEYMOUR INDIANA TO FRANKFORT KENTUCKY...WHICH IS ABOUT 50 TO 100 MILES SOUTH AND WEST OF CINCINNATI AT 8 AM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...WIND GUST IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN RIPLEY...SWITZERLAND AND OHIO COUTIES OF INDIANA AND FROM BOONE TO TO OWEN COUNTIES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY CAN EXCEPT THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 AM EDT THROUGH 930 AM EDT. OTHER LIGHTER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE CINCINNATI METRO AT 8 AM EDT AND WILL COUNTINUE THROUGH 9 AM EDT. SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:09 AM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-041330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 806 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING AND DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDES NEARLY ALL OF OUR NORTHERN KENTUCKY COUNTIES...BOONE...CARROLL...GALLATIN...KENTON AND OWEN UNTIL 2 PM EDT. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM SEYMOUR INDIANA TO FRANKFORT KENTUCKY...WHICH IS ABOUT 50 TO 100 MILES SOUTH AND WEST OF CINCINNATI AT 8 AM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...WIND GUST IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN RIPLEY...SWITZERLAND AND OHIO COUTIES OF INDIANA AND FROM BOONE TO TO OWEN COUNTIES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY CAN EXCEPT THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 AM EDT THROUGH 930 AM EDT. OTHER LIGHTER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE CINCINNATI METRO AT 8 AM EDT AND WILL COUNTINUE THROUGH 9 AM EDT. SAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ripley | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 10:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn | 59 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.