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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 4, 1993White County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 5:42 PM EST for White County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1993, 5:42 PM EST (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1993, 6:15 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County White County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 245 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1993-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1993-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, 1:06 PM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:01 PM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
INZ015-042100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
201 PM EST FRI JUN 4 1993

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT INCLUDED ONLY A SMALL PART OF
INDIANA...NAMELY CLARK...FLOYD AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN THE LOUISVILLE
METROPOLITAN AREA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE INDIANA PORTION OF
THE WATCH.
STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:04 PM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
INZ015-042100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
201 PM EST FRI JUN 4 1993

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT INCLUDED ONLY A SMALL PART OF
INDIANA...NAMELY CLARK...FLOYD AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN THE LOUISVILLE
METROPOLITAN AREA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE INDIANA PORTION OF
THE WATCH.
STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:25 PM EST, 17 minutes before
INZALL-042330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
525 PM EST FRI JUN 4 1993

AT 500 PM EST A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MIGRATED INTO NORTHWEST
INDIANA FROM ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORMS HAVE ENTERED
NORTHERN WARREN AND SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA AT
515 PM EST. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED 3/4 TO 1.00 INCH HAIL IN THE
ADJACENT ILLINOIS COUNTIES.

THE STORMS WERE NOT AS STRONG AS IT ENTERED NORTHWEST INDIANA. THESE
STORMS COULD BECOME STRONGER AGAIN OVER INDIANA. PERSONS IN NORTHERN
WARREN...SOUTHERN BENTON...NORTHERN TIPPECANOE AND SOUTHERN WHITE
COUNTIES SHOULD BE WATCHFULL FOR THE APPROACHING STORMS. IF THREATENING
CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE .

KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:30 PM EST, 12 minutes before
INZALL-042330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
525 PM EST FRI JUN 4 1993

AT 500 PM EST A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MIGRATED INTO NORTHWEST
INDIANA FROM ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORMS HAVE ENTERED
NORTHERN WARREN AND SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA AT
515 PM EST. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED 3/4 TO 1.00 INCH HAIL IN THE
ADJACENT ILLINOIS COUNTIES.

THE STORMS WERE NOT AS STRONG AS IT ENTERED NORTHWEST INDIANA. THESE
STORMS COULD BECOME STRONGER AGAIN OVER INDIANA. PERSONS IN NORTHERN
WARREN...SOUTHERN BENTON...NORTHERN TIPPECANOE AND SOUTHERN WHITE
COUNTIES SHOULD BE WATCHFULL FOR THE APPROACHING STORMS. IF THREATENING
CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE .

KOLDITZ

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, 11:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry47 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

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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.