Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1993, 4:02 PM EST for Adams County, Indiana. It was in force for 13 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1993, 4:02 PM EST (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1993, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adams County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Apr 15, 3:00 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 300 PM EST THU APR 15 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS MICHIANA THIS AFTERNOON... AT 255 PM EST/ 355 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND...OR JUST SOUTHEAST OF ROCHESTER. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF SOUTH BEND...OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF LAPORTE INDIANA. THIS STORM HAD PRODUCED A WIND GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH AT WESTVILLE INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. BY 330 PM EST/ 430 PM EDT...THE LINE OF STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM BENTON HARBOR MICHIGAN TO JUST WEST OF SOUTH BEND...AND THEN THROUGH WARSAW INDIANA. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 3:01 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 300 PM EST THU APR 15 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS MICHIANA THIS AFTERNOON... AT 255 PM EST/ 355 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND...OR JUST SOUTHEAST OF ROCHESTER. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF SOUTH BEND...OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF LAPORTE INDIANA. THIS STORM HAD PRODUCED A WIND GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH AT WESTVILLE INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. BY 330 PM EST/ 430 PM EDT...THE LINE OF STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM BENTON HARBOR MICHIGAN TO JUST WEST OF SOUTH BEND...AND THEN THROUGH WARSAW INDIANA. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. L REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 3:04 PM EST, 58 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-152050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 305 PM EST (405 PM EDT) THU APR 15 1993 ... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EST ... AT 300 PM EST.. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF MARION INDIANA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BY 400 PM EST.. THESE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE OR FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF ALBION TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF PORTLAND INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.. DEADLY LIGHTNING..PEA- SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.. TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THEY PASS YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO THIS SAME SOURCE FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DUMEYER/KOPSKY
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 3:04 PM EST, 58 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-152050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 305 PM EST (405 PM EDT) THU APR 15 1993 ... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EST ... AT 300 PM EST.. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF MARION INDIANA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BY 400 PM EST.. THESE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE OR FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF ALBION TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF PORTLAND INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.. DEADLY LIGHTNING..PEA- SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.. TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THEY PASS YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO THIS SAME SOURCE FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DUMEYER/KOPSKY
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 3:35 PM EST, 27 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-152200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 335 PM EST THU APR 15 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS MICHIANA... AT 330 PM EST/ 430 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF BENTON HARBOR MICHIGAN THROUGH SOUTH BEND...AND THEN TO JUST WEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND...NEAR GLENDORA MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. BY 415 PM EST/ 515 PM EDT...THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH BEND TO THREE RIVERS MICHIGAN...AND THEN INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ACCOMPANYING THESE STORMS MAY CUASE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE. PERSONS SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 3:38 PM EST, 24 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-152200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 335 PM EST THU APR 15 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS MICHIANA... AT 330 PM EST/ 430 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF BENTON HARBOR MICHIGAN THROUGH SOUTH BEND...AND THEN TO JUST WEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND...NEAR GLENDORA MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. BY 415 PM EST/ 515 PM EDT...THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH BEND TO THREE RIVERS MICHIGAN...AND THEN INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ACCOMPANYING THESE STORMS MAY CUASE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE. PERSONS SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BARJENBRUCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Adams, Allen | 31 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.