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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 3, 1993Benton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1993, 4:20 PM EST for Benton County, Indiana. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1993, 4:20 PM EST (21:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1993, 5:15 PM EST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Benton County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 275 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 1993-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1993-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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, Jul 3, 10:30 AM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:03 PM EST, 17 minutes before
INZ004-012-032200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
402 PM EST (302 PM CST) SAT JUL 3 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA...

AT 357 PM EST A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LAFAYETTE...OR 10 MILES WEST OF KENTLAND ACROSS THE ILLINOIS STATE
LINE.  THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST INTO INDIANA...AND THROUGH THE TOWNS
OF KENTLAND AND ADE AFTER 430 PM.  ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS
15 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON...JUST NORTHWEST OF BEDFORD.  THIS STORM
WAS ALSO MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH OOLITIC...AND
HELTONVILLE BEFORE 5 PM.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.
SEEK SHELTER WHEN STORMS APPROACH.

ELSON
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:03 PM EST, 17 minutes before
INZ004-012-032200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
402 PM EST (302 PM CST) SAT JUL 3 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA...

AT 357 PM EST A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LAFAYETTE...OR 10 MILES WEST OF KENTLAND ACROSS THE ILLINOIS STATE
LINE.  THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST INTO INDIANA...AND THROUGH THE TOWNS
OF KENTLAND AND ADE AFTER 430 PM.  ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS
15 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON...JUST NORTHWEST OF BEDFORD.  THIS STORM
WAS ALSO MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH OOLITIC...AND
HELTONVILLE BEFORE 5 PM.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.
SEEK SHELTER WHEN STORMS APPROACH.

ELSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 1:26 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJackson, Jennings3 hr
Jul 3, 4:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson52 min
Jul 3, 6:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan60 min
Jul 3, 6:17 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew73 min
Jul 3, 6:17 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDWarren3 hr
Jul 3, 6:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson50 min
Jul 2, 7:34 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDWayne116 min
Jul 2, 7:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne44 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.