Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 1993, 2:54 PM EST for Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1993, 2:54 PM EST (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1993, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ripley County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCVG 011954 TORCVG INC137-012100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 354 PM EDT (254 PM EST) THU JUL 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT (400 PM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA ...RIPLEY COUNTY A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER NAPOLEAN INDIANA. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME. ANOTHER TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS JENNINGS COUNTY 40 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND WILL PASS SOUTH OF VERSAILLES INDIANA. VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES OFFER NO SHELTER FROM A TORNADO. LEAVE THEM IMMEDIATELY FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING. IF THERE IS NO BUILDING AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT STAND UP TO WATCH THE TORNADO. PYTLAK
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 1, 10:48 AM EST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-011900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1147 AM EDT (1040 AM EST) THU JUL 1 1993 ANOTHER CHALLENGING AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS POSSIBLE AS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN INCREASES ONCE AGAIN OVER SOUTHWEST OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE STAGE WAS BEING SET ONCE AGAIN FOR SOME THREATENING WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SAME FRONT WHICH HAS CAUSED SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING FOR SEVERAL DAYS FROM KANSAS INTO WEST VIRGINIA WAS NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE LITTLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS MOVES EAST. SATELLITE PICTURES LATE THIS MORNING INDICATED SOME CLEARING WAS TAKING PLACE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE AREAS CLOSELY BECAUSE THE MORE SUNSHINE THE OHIO VALLEY RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON...THE STRONGER THE STORMS WILL BECOME. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS UPGRADED THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE AREA TO A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL ALLOW ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN. THE AREA IN AND AROUND CINCINNATI IS ALMOST SATURATED...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS. THIS IS A SITUATION WHICH REQUIRES A CLOSE WATCH THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. IF THE SKY APPEARS THREATENING...DO NOT HESITATE TO SEEK SHELTER. YOU ARE INVITED TO TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS VOLATILE SITUATION. REMEMBER TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PYTLAK WWUS40KMKC ,3
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:48 AM EST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-011900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1147 AM EDT (1040 AM EST) THU JUL 1 1993 ANOTHER CHALLENGING AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS POSSIBLE AS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN INCREASES ONCE AGAIN OVER SOUTHWEST OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE STAGE WAS BEING SET ONCE AGAIN FOR SOME THREATENING WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SAME FRONT WHICH HAS CAUSED SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING FOR SEVERAL DAYS FROM KANSAS INTO WEST VIRGINIA WAS NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE LITTLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS MOVES EAST. SATELLITE PICTURES LATE THIS MORNING INDICATED SOME CLEARING WAS TAKING PLACE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE AREAS CLOSELY BECAUSE THE MORE SUNSHINE THE OHIO VALLEY RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON...THE STRONGER THE STORMS WILL BECOME. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS UPGRADED THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE AREA TO A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL ALLOW ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN. THE AREA IN AND AROUND CINCINNATI IS ALMOST SATURATED...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS. THIS IS A SITUATION WHICH REQUIRES A CLOSE WATCH THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. IF THE SKY APPEARS THREATENING...DO NOT HESITATE TO SEEK SHELTER. YOU ARE INVITED TO TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS VOLATILE SITUATION. REMEMBER TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PYTLAK WWUS40KMKC ,3
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 11:57 AM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-011800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1256 PM EDT (1156 AM EST) THU JUL 01 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE TRISTATE AREA UNTIL 500 PM EDT(400 PM EST). AT 1250 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST OHIO. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST OHIO COUNTIES OF BUTLER...WARREN...CLINTON...CLERMONT AND HIGHLAND UNTIL 200 PM EDT AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A NEW AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE TRISTATE AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY VOLATILE WEATHER SITUATION. INDIVIDUALS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR CONTINUED UPDATES ON THIS EVOLVING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. TUNGESVICK
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 11:57 AM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-011800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1256 PM EDT (1156 AM EST) THU JUL 01 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE TRISTATE AREA UNTIL 500 PM EDT(400 PM EST). AT 1250 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST OHIO. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST OHIO COUNTIES OF BUTLER...WARREN...CLINTON...CLERMONT AND HIGHLAND UNTIL 200 PM EDT AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A NEW AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE TRISTATE AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY VOLATILE WEATHER SITUATION. INDIVIDUALS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR CONTINUED UPDATES ON THIS EVOLVING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. TUNGESVICK
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:46 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-011945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 245 PM EDT (145 PM EST) THU JUL 1 1993 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE CINCINNATI TRISTATE UNTIL 500 PM EDT. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST BROWN COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF HIGGINSPORT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE NEAR THE TOWNS OF GEORGETOWN AND RIPLEY OHIO AFTER 300 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND MARBLE-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RADAR ALSO INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS AND LOUISVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS AREA...WHICH WAS POSSIBLY SEVERE...WAS OVER SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY INDIANA NEAR BLOOMINGTON. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER JENNINGS COUNTY INDIANA ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CINCINNATI TRISTATE ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:46 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-011945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 245 PM EDT (145 PM EST) THU JUL 1 1993 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE CINCINNATI TRISTATE UNTIL 500 PM EDT. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST BROWN COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF HIGGINSPORT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE NEAR THE TOWNS OF GEORGETOWN AND RIPLEY OHIO AFTER 300 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND MARBLE-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RADAR ALSO INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS AND LOUISVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS AREA...WHICH WAS POSSIBLY SEVERE...WAS OVER SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY INDIANA NEAR BLOOMINGTON. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER JENNINGS COUNTY INDIANA ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CINCINNATI TRISTATE ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. PYTLAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ripley | 66 min |
| Jul 1, 3:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Dearborn | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 3:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Dearborn | 69 min |
| Jul 1, 3:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ripley | 2 hr |
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.