Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1993, 1:47 PM EST for Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1993, 1:47 PM EST (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1993, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Miami County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 081846 SVRIND INC103-081915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 147 PM EST TUE JUN 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTY AT 140 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE CASS/ MIAMI COUNTY LINE NORTHEAST OF LOGANSPORT. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR. NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM BY THE CASS SHERIFF NEAR METEA IN NORTHERN CASS COUNTY AT 135 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. &
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 8, 11:45 AM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
INZ001>010-0811800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1145 AM EST TUE JUN 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 2 PM EST FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CANCELLED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF RENSSELAER TO 15 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. WEATHER RADAR INDICATES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER INDIANA SO FAR DURING THIS SEVERE WEATHER WATCH. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS. . A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. HEAVY RAINS YESTERDAY HAVE LEFT SOILS SATURATED OVER THE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN INDIANA THAT REMAIN IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:48 AM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
INZ001>010-0811800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1145 AM EST TUE JUN 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 2 PM EST FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CANCELLED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF RENSSELAER TO 15 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. WEATHER RADAR INDICATES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER INDIANA SO FAR DURING THIS SEVERE WEATHER WATCH. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS. . A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. HEAVY RAINS YESTERDAY HAVE LEFT SOILS SATURATED OVER THE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN INDIANA THAT REMAIN IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:06 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
INZ001>010-0811800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1145 AM EST TUE JUN 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 2 PM EST FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CANCELLED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF RENSSELAER TO 15 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. WEATHER RADAR INDICATES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER INDIANA SO FAR DURING THIS SEVERE WEATHER WATCH. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS. . A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. HEAVY RAINS YESTERDAY HAVE LEFT SOILS SATURATED OVER THE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN INDIANA THAT REMAIN IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:11 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
INZ001>010-081800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1145 AM EST TUE JUN 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 2 PM EST FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CANCELLED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF RENSSELAER TO 15 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. WEATHER RADAR INDICATES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER INDIANA SO FAR DURING THIS SEVERE WEATHER WATCH. THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS. . A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. HEAVY RAINS YESTERDAY HAVE LEFT SOILS SATURATED OVER THE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN INDIANA THAT REMAIN IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES/DE CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:49 PM EST, 58 minutes before
INZ001>010-081900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1250 PM EST TUE JUN 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR INDIANA. HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1245 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED FROM NEAR RENSSELAER TO JUST SOUTH OF FOWLER...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. . PEOPLE IN NORTHERN INDIANA THAT REMAIN IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:50 PM EST, 57 minutes before
INZ001>010-081900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1250 PM EST TUE JUN 8 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR INDIANA. HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1245 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED FROM NEAR RENSSELAER TO JUST SOUTH OF FOWLER...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. . PEOPLE IN NORTHERN INDIANA THAT REMAIN IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES SOILS SATURATED OVER THE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN INDIANA THAT REMAIN IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES/DE CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pulaski | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 6:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Starke | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 6:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 6:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Newton | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 6:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.