Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1993, 8:33 PM EST for Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1993, 8:33 PM EST (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1993, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 677 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1334 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 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, Aug 19, 6:30 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
INZ002-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-003-200030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 630 PM EST THU AUG 19 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EST... AT 625 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOGANSPORT TO 25 MILES NORTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH THE LAKE SHAFER AND LAKE FREEMAN AREAS BY 645 PM EST. PEOPLE AT INDIANA BEACH CAN EXPECT 40 TO 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AS THE STORM MOVE THROUGH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE LAFAYETTE AREA BY 730 PM EST. LAW ENFORCMENT AGENCIES AND WEATHER OBSERVERS IN NEWTON AND JASPER COUNTIES REPORTED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. SBH
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 6:31 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
INZ002-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-003-200030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 630 PM EST THU AUG 19 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EST... AT 625 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOGANSPORT TO 25 MILES NORTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH THE LAKE SHAFER AND LAKE FREEMAN AREAS BY 645 PM EST. PEOPLE AT INDIANA BEACH CAN EXPECT 40 TO 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AS THE STORM MOVE THROUGH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE LAFAYETTE AREA BY 730 PM EST. LAW ENFORCMENT AGENCIES AND WEATHER OBSERVERS IN NEWTON AND JASPER COUNTIES REPORTED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. SBH
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 7:35 PM EST, 58 minutes before
INZ002-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-003-200130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 735 PM EST THU AUG 19 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM RENSSELAER TO 25 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO RICHMOND. AT 730 PM EST AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM KOKOMO TO PERU AND WEST TO LOGANSPORT AND FLORA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE LAFAYETTE AND ATTICA AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA BY 800 PM EST. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. SBH
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 7:36 PM EST, 57 minutes before
INZ002-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-003-200130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 735 PM EST THU AUG 19 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM RENSSELAER TO 25 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO RICHMOND. AT 730 PM EST AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM KOKOMO TO PERU AND WEST TO LOGANSPORT AND FLORA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE LAFAYETTE AND ATTICA AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA BY 800 PM EST. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER THIS EVENING. BE PREzPARED TO TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. SBH
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 8:17 PM EST, 16 minutes before
INZ004-005-006-007-008-009-010-003-200215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 817 PM EST THU AUG 19 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 815 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE TOWNS OF CRAWFORDSVILLE AND ROCKVILLE BY 9 PM EST. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TIPTON...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR MUNCIE BY 930 PM EST. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OF A WARNING IS ISSUED. SBH
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 8:18 PM EST, 15 minutes before
INZ004-005-006-007-008-009-010-003-200215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 817 PM EST THU AUG 19 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 815 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE TOWNS OF CRAWFORDSVILLE AND ROCKVILLE BY 9 PM EST. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TIPTON...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR MUNCIE BY 930 PM EST. PEOPLE IN NORTHE RN AND CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OF A WARNING IS ISSUED. SBH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 8:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 9:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 3 hr |
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.