Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1993, 3:29 AM EST for Hendricks County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1993, 3:29 AM EST (08:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1993, 4:15 AM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hendricks County, IN, Morgan County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
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, 9:51 PM EST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:11 AM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
INZ007-008-009-010-090700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 110 AM EST TUE JUN 9 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL INDIANA... A 100 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING QUICKLY OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE FROM ROCKVILLE...THROUGH GREENCASTLE...INDIANAPOLIS AND NEW CASTLE. THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF NEW CASTLE. OTHER SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREAS AROUND MUNCIE...TIPTON AND CRAWFORDSVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF AN APPROACHING STORM...MOVE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. WJG
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:13 AM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
INZ007-008-009-010-090700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 110 AM EST WED JUN 9 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL INDIANA... A 100 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING QUICKLY OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE FROM ROCKVILLE...THROUGH GREENCASTLE...INDIANAPOLIS AND NEW CASTLE. THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF NEW CASTLE. OTHER SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREAS AROUND MUNCIE...TIPTON AND CRAWFORDSVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF AN APPROACHING STORM...MOVE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. WJG CORRECTION FOR DAY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:50 AM EST, 39 minutes before
INZ007>013-090900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 250 AM EST WED JUN 9 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE RACING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA... A 245 AM EST NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER THE MIDDLE AND WESTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 55 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE RAPIDILY NORTHEAST. BY 345 AM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR PERU AND WABASH... FRANKFORT...TIPTON...KNIGHTSTOWN AND CONNERSVILLE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA BETWEEN 3 AND 4 AM EST CAUSING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND. WHEN STORMS APPROACH TAKE COVER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. REPORT DAMAGING WIND OR LARGE HAIL TO THE NEAREST POLICE AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:51 AM EST, 38 minutes before
INZ007>013-090900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 250 AM EST WED JUN 9 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE RACING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA... A 245 AM EST NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER THE MIDDLE AND WESTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 55 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE RAPIDILY NORTHEAST. BY 345 AM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR PERU AND WABASH... FRANKFORT...TIPTON...KNIGHTSTOWN AND CONNERSVILLE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA BETWEEN 3 AND 4 AM EST CAUSING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND. WHEN STORMS APPROACH TAKE COVER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. REPORT DAMAGING WIND OR LARGE HAIL TO THE NEAREST POLICE AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GRAY
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 EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 7:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Warren | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 7:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, White | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 7:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 7:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fulton, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 7:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 8:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 25 min |
| Jun 8, 8:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 8:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 3:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 4:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 4:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 4:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 4:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fayette, Rush | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 5:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warrick | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 6:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Henderson, Union | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:47 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Henderson, Union | 118 min |
| Jun 9, 10:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess | 83 min |
| Jun 9, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Grayson, Ohio | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 1:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Muhlenberg, Ohio | 64 min |
| Jun 9, 3:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Hancock | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 65 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.