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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 9, 1993Fayette County, Rush County, Indiana

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1993-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1697 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1993-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
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

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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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBenton64 min
Jun 8, 7:23 PM ESTTornado WarningINDWarren67 min
Jun 8, 7:31 PM ESTTornado WarningINDTippecanoe, White59 min
Jun 8, 7:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte39 min
Jun 8, 7:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFulton, Marshall, Saint Joseph49 min
Jun 8, 7:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart, Kosciusko31 min
Jun 8, 8:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart, Kosciusko25 min
Jun 8, 8:23 PM ESTTornado WarningINDElkhart, Kosciusko37 min
Jun 8, 8:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami28 min
Jun 9, 3:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan46 min
Jun 9, 3:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion31 min
Jun 9, 4:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock36 min
Jun 9, 4:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry37 min
Jun 9, 4:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne35 min
Jun 9, 5:22 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarrick38 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.