Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1993, 7:08 PM EST for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1993, 7:08 PM EST (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1993, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 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, May 30, 4:25 PM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
INZALL-312230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 425 PM EST SUN MAY 30 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MOST OF INDIANA. AT 425 PM EST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND TO 20 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR LAFAYETTE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES OF LAFAYETTE... VEEDERSBURG...AND TERRE HAUTE BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM EST. PEOPLE IN WESTERN INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. . SBH
Special weather statement, May 30, 4:27 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
INZALL-312230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 425 PM EST SUN MAY 30 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MOST OF INDIANA. AT 425 PM EST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND TO 20 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR LAFAYETTE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES OF LAFAYETTE... VEEDERSBURG...AND TERRE HAUTE BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM EST. PEOPLE IN WESTERN INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. . SBH
Special weather statement, May 30, 5:14 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
INZALL-302315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 514 PM EST SUN MAY 30 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MOST OF INDIANA. A WEATHER OBSERVER AT OTTERBEIN...WHICH IS 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AT 442 PM EST...AND 1.05 INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN A 20 MINUTE PERIOD. AT 510 PM EST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LOGANSPORT TO TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. AS OF 510 PM EST THERE HAD BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER IN CENTRAL INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES OF PERU...FRANFORT...AND GREENCASTLE BETWEEN BETWEEN 530 AND 630 PM EST. . IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SBH
Special weather statement, May 30, 5:15 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
INZALL-302315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 514 PM EST SUN MAY 30 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MOST OF INDIANA. A WEATHER OBSERVER AT OTTERBEIN...WHICH IS 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AT 442 PM EST...AND 1.05 INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN A 20 MINUTE PERIOD. AT 510 PM EST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LOGANSPORT TO TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. AS OF 510 PM EST THERE HAD BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER IN CENTRAL INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES OF PERU...FRANFORT...AND GREENCASTLE BETWEEN BETWEEN 530 AND 630 PM EST. . IF SfEVERE WEATHER THREATENS TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SBH
Special weather statement, May 30, 6:00 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
INZALL-310005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 600 PM EST SUN MAY 30 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MOST OF INDIANA. AT 555 PM EST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM PERU TO 20 MILES WEST OF MARTINSVILLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM MUNCIE TO COLUMBUS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED 30 TO 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS BETWEEN 540 AND 545 PM EST NEAR GREENCASTLE AND IN SHELBY COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN SHELBY COUNTY. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. . IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SBH
Special weather statement, May 30, 6:01 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
INZALL-310005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 600 PM EST SUN MAY 30 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MOST OF INDIANA. AT 555 PM EST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM PERU TO 20 MILES WEST OF MARTINSVILLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM MUNCIE TO COLUMBUS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED 30 TO 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS BETWEEN 540 AND 545 PM EST NEAR GREENCASTLE AND IN SHELBY COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN SHELBY COUNTY. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. . IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SBH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 42 min |
| May 30, 7:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Grayson | 47 min |
| May 30, 7:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Butler | 34 min |
| May 30, 8:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 25 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.