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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 1, 1993Monroe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 1993, 1:32 PM EST for Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 19 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1993, 1:32 PM EST (18:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1993, 1:51 PM EST
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1993-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1993-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 011834
TORIND
INC071-105-011915-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
132 PM EST THU JUL 1 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 130 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO IN SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY INDIANA ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF
BLOOMINGTON. THE ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
MONROE RESERVOIR AND HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST ARE IN
THE PATH OF THE STORM
 
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 AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOIDB WINDOWS.
 
GCL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 1:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe30 min
Jul 1, 1:32 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJackson43 min
Jul 1, 2:15 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJackson30 min
Jul 1, 2:40 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJennings30 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.