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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 9, 1993Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1993, 2:10 PM CDT for Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1993, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1993, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 302 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1993-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1359 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1993-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1036 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
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 9, 9:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
INZ014-091600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
900 AM EST WED JUN 9 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3 PM EST HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF GIBSON...
PIKE...POSEY...SPENCER...VANDERBURGH...AND WARRICK.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSED TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS
IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MES
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
INZ014-091600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
900 AM EST WED JUN 9 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3 PM EST HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF GIBSON...
PIKE...POSEY...SPENCER...VANDERBURGH...AND WARRICK.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSED TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS
IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MES
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
INZ014-091600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1212 PM EST WED JUN 9 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL
700 PM EST...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA
UNTIL 300 PM EST...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA INCLUDES THE AREA
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JASPER TO SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG AND EAST OF LINE
FROM JASPER TO TELL CITY.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSED TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS
IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MES
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
INZ014-091600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1212 PM EST WED JUN 9 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL
700 PM EST...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA
UNTIL 300 PM EST...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA INCLUDES THE AREA
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JASPER TO SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG AND EAST OF LINE
FROM JASPER TO TELL CITY.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSED TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS
IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND TPOSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBenton64 min
Jun 8, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningINDWarren67 min
Jun 8, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningINDTippecanoe, White59 min
Jun 8, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte39 min
Jun 8, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFulton, Marshall, Saint Joseph49 min
Jun 8, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart, Kosciusko31 min
Jun 8, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart, Kosciusko25 min
Jun 8, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningINDElkhart, Kosciusko37 min
Jun 8, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami28 min
Jun 9, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan46 min
Jun 9, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion31 min
Jun 9, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock36 min
Jun 9, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry37 min
Jun 9, 4:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne35 min
Jun 9, 4:52 AM CDTTornado WarningINDFayette, Rush38 min
Jun 9, 5:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarrick38 min
Jun 9, 6:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDHenderson, Union2 hr
Jun 9, 7:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess3 hr
Jun 9, 8:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDHenderson, Union118 min
Jun 9, 10:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess83 min
Jun 9, 11:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGrayson, Ohio40 min
Jun 9, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMuhlenberg, Ohio64 min
Jun 9, 3:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess2 hr
Jun 9, 5:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess49 min
Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Hancock30 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.