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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 12, 1993Fayette County, Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1993, 3:00 PM EST for Fayette County, Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 1993, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 1993, 4:00 PM EST
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, IN, Rush County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 340 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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, May 12, 12:48 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 12:49 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 2:21 PM EST, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 2:27 PM EST, 33 minutes before

INZ009-122030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
227 PM EST WED MAY 12 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF
CENTRAL INDIANA.

AT 220 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM IN
JOHNSON COUNTY WEST OF FRANKLIN NEAR BARGERSDVILLE.  THERE WAS A PUBLIC
REPDORT OF MARBLE SIZED HAIL IN BARGERSVILLE AT 215 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR THE TOWNS
OF FRANKLIN AND WHITELAND BY 230 TO 245 PM.  PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS CAN
EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH.

IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...BE PREPARE TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.

LINDSEY

Special weather statement, May 12, 2:28 PM EST, 32 minutes before

INZ009-122030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
227 PM EST WED MAY 12 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF
CENTRAL INDIANA.

AT 220 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM IN
JOHNSON COUNTY WEST OF FRANKLIN NEAR BARGERSDVILLE.  THERE WAS A PUBLIC
REPDORT OF MARBLE SIZED HAIL IN BARGERSVILLE AT 215 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR THE TOWNS
OF FRANKLIN AND WHITELAND BY 230 TO 245 PM.  PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS CAN
EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH.

IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...BE PREPARE TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.

LINDSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 4:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Cass, Howard	64 min
May 12, 4:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Miami	44 min
May 12, 4:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Madison	48 min
May 12, 5:06 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware	54 min
May 12, 5:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry	69 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.