Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1993, 6:00 PM EST for Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1993, 6:00 PM EST (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1993, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morgan County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 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
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, Jul 3, 4:03 PM EST, 1 hour 57 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, 1 hour 57 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, 4:43 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-007>013-015-040300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 443 PM EST SAT JUL 3 1993 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... WEST OF A LINE FROM SOUTH BEND TO 30 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF VINCENNES. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... GARY...SOUTH BEND...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO... INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...AND VINCENNES. 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. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:43 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-007>013-015-040300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 443 PM EST SAT JUL 3 1993 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... WEST OF A LINE FROM SOUTH BEND TO 30 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF VINCENNES. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... GARY...SOUTH BEND...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO... INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...AND VINCENNES. 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. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:57 PM EST, 3 minutes before
INC005-013-071-040000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 557 PM EST SAT JUL 3 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR MOST OF INDIANA EXCEPT FOR THE EAST...NORTHEAST AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE STATE. AT 550 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM JUST WEST OF COLUMBUS IN EASTERN BROWN COUNTY TO SEYMOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAD BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS BY THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. SINCE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RATHER SLOWLY...THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE IN BROWN...BARTHOLOMEW...AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. IE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS...BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK PROTECTIVE ACTION. LINDSEY
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:58 PM EST, 2 minutes before
INC005-013-071-040000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 557 PM EST SAT JUL 3 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR MOST OF INDIANA EXCEPT FOR THE EAST...NORTHEAST AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE STATE. AT 550 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM JUST WEST OF COLUMBUS IN EASTERN BROWN COUNTY TO SEYMOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAD BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS BY THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. SINCE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RATHER SLOWLY...THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE IN BROWN...BARTHOLOMEW...AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. IE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS...BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK PROTECTIVE ACTION. LINDSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 1:26 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton | 55 min |
| Jul 3, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 6:17 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 73 min |
| Jul 3, 6:17 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 7:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Wayne | 116 min |
| Jul 2, 7:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.