Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1993, 6:48 PM EST for Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1993, 6:48 PM EST (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1993, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cass County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSBN 192348 TORSBN MIC027-200015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 648 PM EST (748 PM EDT) SAT JUN 19 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EST (815 PM EDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ...NORTHERN CASS COUNTY AT 645 PM EST/745 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH BEND NEAR SUMMERVILLE MICHIGAN. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN ANB INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. ARNOLD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 19, 5:18 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
INZ001>006-200400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 500 PM EST SAT JUN 19 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM M EST FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF THE LINE FROM DECATUR TO FOWLER. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SOUTH BEND...ANGOLA...FORT WAYNE... KENTLAND...RENSSELAER...AND PERU REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WJG COR FOR TIME IN HEADER
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:56 PM EST, 52 minutes before
INZ001>006-191200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 556 AM EST SAT JUN 19 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EST. THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM DECATUR TO FOWLER. SOME THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE...SOUTH BEND... FORT WAYNE...PERU...KENTLAND...LOGANSPORT AND RENSSELAER. AT 550 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DE<VELOPING FROM DECATUR ILLINOIS NORTH TOWARD GARY AND SOUTH BEND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WJG
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:56 PM EST, 52 minutes before
INZ001>006-191200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 556 PM EST SAT JUN 19 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EST. THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM DECATUR TO FOWLER. SOME THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE...SOUTH BEND... FORT WAYNE...PERU...KENTLAND...LOGANSPORT AND RENSSELAER. AT 550 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM DECATUR ILLINOIS NORTH TOWARD GARY AND SOUTH BEND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WJG CORRECTION FOR TIME
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:58 PM EST, 50 minutes before
INZ001>006-191200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 556 PM EST SAT JUN 19 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF INDIANA UNTIL 11 PM EST. THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM DECATUR TO FOWLER. SOME THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE...SOUTH BEND... FORT WAYNE...PERU...KENTLAND...LOGANSPORT AND RENSSELAER. AT 550 PM EST RADAR SHOWED> THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM DECATUR ILLINOIS NORTH TOWARD GARY AND SOUTH BEND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WJG CORRECTION FOR TIME
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:36 PM EST, 12 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-006-003-200045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 636 PM EST SAT JUN 19 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF INDIANA... THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM DECATUR TO FOWLER. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE SOUTH BEND... FORT WAYNE...PERU...KENTLAND...LOGANSPORT...AND RENSSELAER. AT 630 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR NORTHERN INDIANA...NEAR SOUTH BEND...TO CHICAGO TO SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:36 PM EST, 12 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-006-003-200045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 636 PM EST SAT JUN 19 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF INDIANA... THE WATCH INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM DECATUR TO FOWLER. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE SOUTH BEND... FORT WAYNE...PERU...KENTLAND...LOGANSPORT...AND RENSSELAER. AT 630 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR NORTHERN INDIANA...NEAR SOUTH BEND...TO CHICAGO TO SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ELSON
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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.