Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1993, 6:03 PM EST for Pulaski County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1993, 6:03 PM EST (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1993, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pulaski County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
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 8, 3:30 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
INZALL-082130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 330 PM EST TUE JUN 8 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA... THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE GARY...SOUTH BEND...ANGOLA...LOGANSPORT... FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND AND CRAWFORDSVILLE. AT 320 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED CONSIDERABLE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTHEASTERN INDIANA. THERE WAS NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACTIVITY OVER WESTERN INDIANA AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS RIPE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE EVENING. MES
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:31 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
INZALL-082130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 330 PM EST TUE JUN 8 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA... THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE GARY...SOUTH BEND...ANGOLA...LOGANSPORT... FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND AND CRAWFORDSVILLE. AT 320 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED CONSIDERABLE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTHEASTERN INDIANA. THERE WAS NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACTIVITY OVER WESTERN INDIANA AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS RIPE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE EVENING. MES
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:35 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
INZALL-090400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 435 PM EST TUE JUN 8 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR THE NORTH HALF OF INDIANA... THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE GARY...SOUTH BEND...ANGOLA...LOGANSPORT... FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND AND CRAWFORDSVILLE. AT 3430 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SECTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE NOT SEVERE AT THS TIME ...HOWEVER...THE ATMOSPHERE IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG THUNDER- STORMS THIS EVENING OVER NORTHERN INDIANA. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:35 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
INZALL-090400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 435 PM EST TUE JUN 8 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR THE NORTH HALF OF INDIANA... THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE GARY...SOUTH BEND...ANGOLA...LOGANSPORT... FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND AND CRAWFORDSVILLE. AT 3430 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SECTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE NOT SEVERE AT THS TIME ...HOWEVER...THE ATMOSPHERE IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG THUNDER- STORMS THIS EVENING OVER NORTHERN INDIANA. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:35 PM EST, 28 minutes before
INZ001>010 082330 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 535 PM EST TUE JUN 8 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR THE NORTH HALF OF INDIANA... THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO RICHMOND. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AT 530 PM. HOWEVER...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS. THESE WILL SPREAD INTO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA OVER THE NORTH HALF OF INDIANA LATER THIS EVENING AS CONDITIONS REMAIN RIPE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:35 PM EST, 28 minutes before
INZ001>010 082330 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 535 PM EST TUE JUN 8 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR THE NORTH HALF OF INDIANA... THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO RICHMOND. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AT 530 PM. HOWEVER...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS. THESE WILL SPREAD INTO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA OVER THE NORTH HALF OF INDIANA LATER THIS EVENING AS CONDITIONS REMAIN RIPE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 1:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 28 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.