Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1993, 2:16 PM EST for Hancock County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1993, 2:16 PM EST (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1993, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, IN, Madison County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 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 KIND 151917 RRA SVRIND INC059-095-152000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 216 PM EST THU APR 15 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...HANCOCK COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY AT 215 PM EST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MARION AND HAMILTON COUNTIES. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 5O TO 60 MPH WINDS IN BOTH MARION AND HAMILTON COUNTIES BETWEEN 200 AND 215 PM EST. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOWNS OF ELWOOD...ANDERSON...AND GREENFIELD. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SBH
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, Apr 15, 1:52 PM EST, 24 minutes before
INZALL-151950- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 150 PM EST THU APR 15 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA... AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF RENSSELAER TO FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...BEDFORD...BLOOMINGTON... RICHMOND...INDIANAPOLIS...EVANSVILLE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND...AND NEW ALBANY. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 1:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 3:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 4:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 4:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 5:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 36 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.