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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 27, 1993Parke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1993, 6:40 PM EST for Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1993, 6:40 PM EST (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1993, 7:15 PM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Parke County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 257 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 1993-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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 1993-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 27, 3:05 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
INZ004-007-008-003-272100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
305 PM EST SUN JUN 27 1993

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BENTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. THE THUNDERSTORM BENTON COUNTY HAS DECREASED IN
STRENGTH. THE THUNDERSTORM THAAT WS IN WHITE COUNTY HAS MOVED INTO
TIPPECANOE COUNTY.

AS OF 304 PM NO MORE SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS.

THE STORMS DUE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REDEVELOP INTO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO.
HAINES

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:08 PM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes before
INZ004-007-008-003-272100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
305 PM EST SUN JUN 27 1993

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BENTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. THE THUNDERSTORM BENTON COUNTY HAS DECREASED IN
STRENGTH. THE THUNDERSTORM THAAT WS IN WHITE COUNTY HAS MOVED INTO
TIPPECANOE COUNTY.

AS OF 304 PM NO MORE SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS.

THE STORMS DUE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REDEVELOP INTO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO.
HAINES
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:02 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
INZ004-005-007-008-009-010-011-012-272300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
400 PM EST (300 PM CST) SUN JUN 27 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA
NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO RICHMOND UNTIL 900 PM EST.

AT 345 PM EST A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNERSTORMS WAS IN NORTHCENTRAL
INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO
10 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED SOME IN STRENGTH SINCE 330 PM BUT STILL
REMAIN STRONG. AT 353 PM AMATEUR RAIDIO OPERATORS REPORTED PEAS SIZE
HAIL AT OTTERBEAN IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST BENTON COUNTY. AT 354 PM A HAM
RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED A SEMI-HEALTHY MAPLE TREE HAD ITS TOP TAKEN OFF
BURLINGTON IN CARROLL COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AS THE LINE SINKS TO THE
SOUTH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO AND MARION AREAS BY
500 PM EST.

THE TERRE HAUTE AND INDIANAPOLIS AREAS SHOULD BE FREE OF THUNDERSTORMS
UNTIL AT LEAST 600 PM.
HAINES

&
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:02 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
INZ004-005-007-008-009-010-011-012-272300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
400 PM EST (300 PM CST) SUN JUN 27 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA
NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO RICHMOND UNTIL 900 PM EST.

AT 345 PM EST A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNERSTORMS WAS IN NORTHCENTRAL
INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO
10 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED SOME IN STRENGTH SINCE 330 PM BUT STILL
REMAIN STRONG. AT 353 PM AMATEUR RAIDIO OPERATORS REPORTED PEAS SIZE
HAIL AT OTTERBEAN IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST BENTON COUNTY. AT 354 PM A HAM
RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED A SEMI-HEALTHY MAPLE TREE HAD ITS TOP TAKEN OFF
BURLINGTON IN CARROLL COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AS THE LINE SINKS TO THE
SOUTH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO AND MARION AREAS BY
500 PM EST.

THE TERRE HAUTE AND INDIANAPOLIS AREAS SHOULD BE FREE OF THUNDERSTORMS
UNTIL AT LEAST 600 PM.
HAINES

&
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:15 PM EST, 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 9:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart29 min
Jun 27, 1:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFulton26 min
Jun 27, 2:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBenton, Newton40 min
Jun 27, 2:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWhite53 min
Jun 27, 3:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton48 min
Jun 27, 4:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe50 min
Jun 27, 4:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware44 min
Jun 27, 4:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Madison49 min
Jun 27, 5:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion44 min
Jun 27, 5:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe37 min
Jun 27, 5:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Montgomery46 min
Jun 27, 5:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain46 min
Jun 27, 6:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam47 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.