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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 28, 1993Starke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1993, 3:48 AM EST for Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1993, 3:48 AM EST (08:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1993, 4:30 AM EST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Starke County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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 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

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 28, 12:10 AM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:25 AM EST, 2 hours 23 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 EST, 2 hours 19 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, 3:15 AM EST, 33 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-012-003-280915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
314 AM EST (214 AM CST) MON JUN 28 1993

AT 310 AM EST THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA NEAR LAFAYETTE
HAD WEAKENED. THESE WERE MOSTLY RAIN SHOWERS THAT WERE LOCATED ABOUT
10 TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST OF LAFAYATTE.

MEANWHILE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA FROM
FORT WAYNE TO JUST NORTH OF PORTLAND AND ALSO OVER EXTREME NORTHERN
INDIANA ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND.

THERE WAS NO THUNDERTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST INDIANA WERE MOVING
EAST AT 30 MILES AND HOUR.

JEH
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:15 AM EST, 33 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-012-003-280915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
314 AM EST (214 AM CST) MON JUN 28 1993

AT 310 AM EST THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA NEAR LAFAYETTE
HAD WEAKENED. THESE WERE MOSTLY RAIN SHOWERS THAT WERE LOCATED ABOUT
10 TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST OF LAFAYATTE.

MEANWHILE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA FROM
FORT WAYNE TO JUST NORTH OF PORTLAND AND ALSO OVER EXTREME NORTHERN
INDIANA ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND.

THERE WAS NO THUNDERTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST INDIANA WERE MOVING
EAST AT 30 MILES AND HOUR.

JEH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery52 min
Jun 27, 7:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan, Owen, Putnam32 min
Jun 27, 7:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke35 min
Jun 27, 10:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay37 min
Jun 27, 10:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen31 min
Jun 28, 12:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, Miami27 min
Jun 28, 12:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami30 min
Jun 28, 1:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte59 min
Jun 28, 1:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJasper, Newton33 min
Jun 28, 3:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte51 min
Jun 28, 4:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte52 min
Jun 28, 4:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko29 min
Jun 28, 10:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton39 min
Jun 28, 12:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Sullivan47 min
Jun 28, 1:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene53 min
Jun 28, 1:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin46 min
Jun 28, 2:08 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFountain, Parke37 min
Jun 28, 2:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence36 min
Jun 28, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox30 min
Jun 28, 5:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPosey55 min
Jun 28, 2:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Jasper48 min
Jun 28, 3:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRichland49 min
Jun 28, 4:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence32 min
Jun 28, 4:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne66 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.