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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 4, 1993Monroe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1993, 9:39 AM EST for Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1993, 9:39 AM EST (14:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1993, 10:15 AM EST
In force
36 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, 2.7 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 1993-06-04Temperature 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1993-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 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 041440
TORIND
INC105-041515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
939 AM EST FRI JUN 4 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...EASTERN MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 934 AM EST A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF IN
BLOOMINGTON. PERSONS IN UNIONVILLE AND DOLAN SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE
SHELTER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 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 AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS. RPG
 
 
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 12:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry, Spencer37 min
Jun 4, 12:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarrick37 min
Jun 4, 1:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry39 min
Jun 4, 7:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo44 min
Jun 4, 7:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay42 min
Jun 4, 7:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen37 min
Jun 4, 8:08 AM ESTTornado WarningINDMonroe52 min
Jun 4, 8:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan33 min
Jun 4, 8:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion41 min
Jun 4, 8:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene39 min
Jun 4, 9:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen30 min
Jun 4, 9:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe26 min
Jun 4, 11:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry47 min
Jun 4, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWhite33 min
Jun 4, 6:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry, Spencer29 min

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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.