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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1993, 4:52 AM EST for Fayette County, Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1993, 4:52 AM EST (09:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1993, 5:30 AM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, IN, Rush County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1697 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1351 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
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 090952 TORIND INC139-041-091030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 452 AM EST WED JUN 9 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...EASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...FAYETTE COUNTY AT 448 AM EST STATE POLICE RELAYED A REPORT FROM THE RUSH COUNTY SHERIFF OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN RUSH COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF HOMER...8 MILES WEST OF RUSHVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH RUSHVILLE AND CONNERSVILLE BETWEEN 450 AND 505 AM EST. 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. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 7:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Warren | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 7:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, White | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 7:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 7:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fulton, Marshall, Saint Joseph | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 7:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 8:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 25 min |
| Jun 8, 8:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 8:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 3:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 3:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 4:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 4:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 4:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 5:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warrick | 38 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.