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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 4, 1993Perry County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 11:58 AM EST for Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1993, 11:58 AM EST (16:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1993, 12:45 PM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1993-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3217 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1993-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
8.1

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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, Jun 4, 8:37 AM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
INZ009-041400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
837 AM EST FRI JUN 4 1993

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH WERE APPROACHING THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS AT 830 AM.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST
SOUTHWEST OF THE INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 830 AM.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE OVER THE
WESTERN PART OF THE CITY BY 845 AND THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY BY
915 AM.

HEAVY DOWPOURS FROM THE THUNDERSTORM WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.  MOTORIST SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS THIS
MORNING IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED.  THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS
ACCIDENTS DUE TO RAIN SLICKENED ROADWAYS.

LINDSEY
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:38 AM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
INZ009-041400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
837 AM EST FRI JUN 4 1993

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH WERE APPROACHING THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS AT 830 AM.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST
SOUTHWEST OF THE INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 830 AM.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE OVER THE
WESTERN PART OF THE CITY BY 845 AND THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY BY
915 AM.

HEAVY DOWPOURS FROM THE THUNDERSTORM WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.  MOTORIST SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS THIS
MORNING IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RATIN HAS OCCURRED.  THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS
ACCIDENTS DUE TO RAIN SLICKENED ROADWAYS.

LINDSEY
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:10 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
INZ011-013-014-015-041800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1010 AM EST FRI JUN 4 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR THE
SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... MADISON...WASHINGTON...JASPER
...FRENCH LICK AND EVANSVILLE.

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.

PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:12 AM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
INZ011-013-014-015-041800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1010 AM EST FRI JUN 4 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR THE
SOUTHERN QUARTER OF INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... MADISON...WASHINGTON...JASPER
...FRENCH LICK AND EVANSVILLE.

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.

PRICE
Local storm report, Jun 4, 11:18 AM EST, 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1118 AM EST FRI JUN 4 1993

...SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED FOR MORNING OF JUNE 4TH...

TIME            LOCATION     EVENT

806 AM EST      CLAY CO      TORNADO TOUCH DOWN IN CLAY CITY DAMAGED
                             12 STRUCTURES.  REPORTED BY CLAY CO SHERIFF

915 AM EST      JOHNSON CO   TWO TREES DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS ON AIRPORT
                             ROAD SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN.  TREES DOWN AT
                             SR252 AND COUNTY RD 650S.  REPORTED BY
                             COUNTY SHERIFF

950 AM EST      JENNINGS CO  TORNADO TOUCH DOWN UPROOTED TREES 2 MILES
                             NORTH OF BREWERSVILLE IN NORTHERN JENNINGS
                             COUNTY. REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF.
.
LINDSEY
Local storm report, Jun 4, 11:18 AM EST, 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1118 AM EST FRI JUN 4 1993

...SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED FOR MORNING OF JUNE 4TH...

TIME            LOCATION     EVENT

806 AM EST      CLAY CO      TORNADO TOUCH DOWN IN CLAY CITY DAMAGED
                             12 STRUCTURES.  REPORTED BY CLAY CO SHERIFF

915 AM EST      JOHNSON CO   TWO TREES DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS ON AIRPORT
                             ROAD SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN.  TREES DOWN AT
                             SR252 AND COUNTY RD 650S.  REPORTED BY
                             COUNTY SHERIFF

950 AM EST      JENNINGS CO  TORNADO TOUCH DOWN UPROOTED TREES 2 MILES
                             NORTH OF BREWERSVILLE IN NORTHERN JENNINGS
                             COUNTY. REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF.
.
LINDSEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 12:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry, Spencer37 min
Jun 4, 12:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarrick37 min
Jun 4, 1:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry39 min
Jun 4, 7:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo44 min
Jun 4, 7:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay42 min
Jun 4, 7:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen37 min
Jun 4, 8:08 AM ESTTornado WarningINDMonroe52 min
Jun 4, 8:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan33 min
Jun 4, 8:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion41 min
Jun 4, 8:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene39 min
Jun 4, 9:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen30 min
Jun 4, 9:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe26 min
Jun 4, 9:39 AM ESTTornado WarningINDMonroe36 min
Jun 4, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWhite33 min
Jun 4, 6:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry, Spencer29 min
Jun 4, 10:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHopkins, Webster43 min
Jun 4, 10:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion43 min
Jun 4, 11:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenderson, McLean65 min
Jun 4, 11:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMuhlenberg65 min
Jun 4, 11:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Ohio50 min
Jun 4, 11:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDButler, Grayson45 min
Jun 4, 11:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock45 min
Jun 4, 11:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDEdmonson47 min
Jun 4, 12:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarren43 min
Jun 4, 12:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBarren, Hart49 min
Jun 4, 12:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe62 min
Jun 4, 12:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDAllen43 min
Jun 4, 6:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHopkins, Webster39 min
Jun 4, 10:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGallatin27 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.