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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 28, 1993Jasper County, Newton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1993, 1:57 AM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1993, 1:57 AM CDT (06:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1993, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, IN, Newton County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 286 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 00:00Z on 1993-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1440 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1993-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
1440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.7

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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 27, 9:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:25 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
INZ001>010-281200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
125 AM EST MON JUN 28 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FOR A LARGE
PART OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA
NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES SOUTH
OF RICHMOND.

THIS WATCH AREA DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF INDIANA.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...
LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO...MARION...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS AND RICHMOND.

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.
TMA
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:29 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
INZ001>010-281200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
125 AM EST MON JUN 28 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FOR A LARGE
PART OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA
NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES SOUTH
OF RICHMOND.

THIS WATCH AREA DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF INDIANA.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...
LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO...MARION...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS AND RICHMOND.

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.
TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery52 min
Jun 27, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan, Owen, Putnam32 min
Jun 27, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke35 min
Jun 27, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay37 min
Jun 27, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen31 min
Jun 28, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, Miami27 min
Jun 28, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami30 min
Jun 28, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte59 min
Jun 28, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte51 min
Jun 28, 3:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDStarke42 min
Jun 28, 4:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte52 min
Jun 28, 4:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko29 min
Jun 28, 10:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton39 min
Jun 28, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Sullivan47 min
Jun 28, 1:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene53 min
Jun 28, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin46 min
Jun 28, 2:08 PM CDTTornado WarningINDFountain, Parke37 min
Jun 28, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence36 min
Jun 28, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox30 min
Jun 28, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPosey55 min
Jun 28, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Jasper48 min
Jun 28, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRichland49 min
Jun 28, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence32 min
Jun 28, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne66 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.