Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1993, 7:36 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1993, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1993, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County LaPorte County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 1697 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1351 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSBN 090035 RRA SVRSBN INC091-090115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 736 PM EST (736 PM CDT) TUE JUN 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EST (815 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...LAPORTE COUNTY AT 635 PM CDT...REPORTS OF 60 MPH WINDS WERE RECIEVED FROM A SPOTTER JUST SOUTH OF LAPORTE INDIANA...25 MILES WEST OF SOUTH BEND. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE LAPORTE AND ROLLING PRAIRIE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. CLICK
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, 4:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute 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 CDT, 2 hours 1 minute 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 CDT, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
INZ001>010 090030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 635 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 SEVERE...CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTINUED OVER A LARGE PORTION OF ILLINOIS AND WERE MOVING TOWARD INDIANA. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO RESULT IN HEAVY RAINS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. BE ALERT FOR2 THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
INZ001>010 090030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 635 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 SEVERE...CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTINUED OVER A LARGE PORTION OF ILLINOIS AND WERE MOVING TOWARD INDIANA. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO RESULT IN HEAVY RAINS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:05 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
INZ001>010 090035 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 705 PM EST TUE JUN 8 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR THE NORTH HALF OF INDIANA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS ALSO ISSUED FOR FAR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 1100 PM EST ALSO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NEWTON COUNTY OF NORTH- WEST INDIANA UNTIL 745 PM EST AND FOR JASPER COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM EST. AT 650 PM EST LOCAL POLICE REPORTED 50 MILES AN HOUR WIND 6 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE VILLAGE IN NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF RENSSELAER IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ALSO REPORTED BY THE KENTLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE MOROCCO TOWN MARSHALL. WINDS WERE ALSO ESTIMATED AT 45 TO 50 MPH IN THAT AREA. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE. IF POSSIBLE... REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KOLDITZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Warren | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, White | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fulton, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 25 min |
| Jun 8, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 4:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 4:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fayette, Rush | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 5:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warrick | 38 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.