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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 2, 1993Miami County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 1993, 1:19 PM EST for Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 1993, 1:19 PM EST (18:19 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1993, 1:45 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Miami County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 307 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1993-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1993-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 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 021819
TORIND
INC103-021845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
119 PM EST THU SEP 2 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...MIAMI COUNTY
 
AT 115 PM EST STATE CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN JUST
SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF LOGANSPORT. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE
FOR SEVERAL INJURIES.
 
THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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 AVAFILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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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, Sep 2, 12:25 PM EST, 54 minutes before
INZ004-005007-021830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1225 PM EST THU SEP 2 1993

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MILES
HOUR ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA.

AT 1215 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LOGANSPORT TO 25 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWNS OF KENTLAND AND EARL
PARK...WHICH ARE 30 MILES WEST OF MONTICELLO.

AT 1210 PM EST THE BENTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS TO 35 MILES IN FOWLER.

PERSONS IN THE AREAS FROM WILLIAMSPORT NORTHEAST THROUGH LAFAYETTE...AND
LOGANSPORT CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN FALL  AND GUSTY WIND TO 40 MILES AN
HOUR BY 130 PM EST.

WJG
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 12:25 PM EST, 54 minutes before
INZ004-005007-021830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1225 PM EST THU SEP 2 1993

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MILES
HOUR ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA.

AT 1215 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LOGANSPORT TO 25 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWNS OF KENTLAND AND EARL
PARK...WHICH ARE 30 MILES WEST OF MONTICELLO.

AT 1210 PM EST THE BENTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS TO 35 MILES IN FOWLER.

PERSONS IN THE AREAS FROM WILLIAMSPORT NORTHEAST THROUGH LAFAYETTE...AND
LOGANSPORT CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN FALL  AND GUSTY WIND TO 40 MILES AN
HOUR BY 130 PM EST.

WJG

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.