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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 14, 1993Decatur County, Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1993, 3:31 PM EST for Decatur County, Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1993, 3:31 PM EST (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1993, 4:15 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Decatur County, IN, Rush County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 1993-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 531 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 1993-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
531 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 14, 10:53 AM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
INZALL-142100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1053 AM EST MON JUN 14 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST
FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA...
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES
NORTH-NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE...
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM EVANSVILLE TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CINCINNATI.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...BLOOMINGTON...BRAZIL...
COLUMBUS...EVANSVILLE...GREENSBURG...INDIANAPOLIS...MADISON...
PETERSBURG...VINCENNES...TERRE HAUTE...AND VERSAILLES.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SBH
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 10:53 AM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
INZALL-142100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1053 AM EST MON JUN 14 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST
FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA...
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES
NORTH-NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE...
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM EVANSVILLE TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CINCINNATI.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...BLOOMINGTON...BRAZIL...
COLUMBUS...EVANSVILLE...GREENSBURG...INDIANAPOLIS...MADISON...
PETERSBURG...VINCENNES...TERRE HAUTE...AND VERSAILLES.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SBH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 9:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami33 min
Jun 14, 10:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison48 min
Jun 14, 10:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry49 min
Jun 14, 11:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Madison48 min
Jun 14, 11:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarren51 min
Jun 14, 12:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Montgomery43 min
Jun 14, 12:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne41 min
Jun 14, 1:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone48 min
Jun 14, 1:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass40 min
Jun 14, 1:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush41 min
Jun 14, 1:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Marion44 min
Jun 14, 1:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam52 min
Jun 14, 2:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Shelby51 min
Jun 14, 2:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock51 min
Jun 14, 2:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan46 min
Jun 14, 3:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Monroe50 min
Jun 14, 3:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDubois53 min
Jun 14, 4:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings52 min
Jun 14, 5:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSpencer50 min
Jun 14, 6:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry37 min
Jun 14, 12:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLogan, Simpson, Warren61 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.