Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1993, 4:40 PM EST for Grant County, Indiana. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 1993, 4:40 PM EST (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 1993, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grant County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS1 KFWA 122140 RRA
SVRFWA
INC053-122245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
440 PM EST WED MAY 12 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
GRANT
AT 438 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES WEST
OF MARION IN NORTHEAST INDIANA.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
PEOPLE IN THE AREA AROUND THE TOWN OF GAS CITY INDIANA
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.
DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
MARSHALLWhat 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, May 12, 2:42 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-122100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 240 PM EST TUE MAY 11 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE... AT 238 PM EST/ 338 EDT...STRONG STORMS WERE 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE...AROUND WABASH AND HUNTINGTON INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THEY HAD DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND. BY 330 PM EST/430 EDT...THE STORMS WILL BE 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE OR 10 MILES NORTH OF MARION. THE STORMS SLOW MOVEMENT AND HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS IN ROADS. THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT FOR SOUTH PARTS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNPTIL 8 PM EST. GO INSIDE DURING THESE STORMS. WITSAMAN
Special weather statement, May 12, 3:47 PM EST, 53 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-122230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 347 PM EST WED MAY 12 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PLACES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST... AT 345 PM EST/ 445 EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE. THE STORMS WERE EXTENDED FROM 15 TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY. THAT'S FROM AROUND HUNTINGTON TO WABASH INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR. THEY HAD DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL. BY 445 PM EST/ 545 EDT...THE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 20 SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION INDIANA. THE STORMS SLOW MOVEMENT AND HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS IN ROADS. GO INSIDE DURING THESE STORMS. WITSAMAN
Special weather statement, May 12, 3:47 PM EST, 53 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-122230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 347 PM EST WED MAY 12 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PLACES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST... AT 345 PM EST/ 445 EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY. THAT'S FROM AROUND HUNTINGTON TO WABASH INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR. THEY HAD DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL. BY 445 PM EST/ 545 EDT...THE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION INDIANA. THE STORMS SLOW MOVEMENT AND HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS IN ROADS. GO INSIDE DURING THESE STORMS. WITSAMAN CORRECTED WORDING
Special weather statement, May 12, 3:51 PM EST, 49 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-122230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 347 PM EST WED MAY 12 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PLACES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST... AT 345 PM EST/ 445 EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY. THAT'S FROM AROUND HUNTINGTON TO WABASH INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR. THEY HAD DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL. BY 445 PM EST/ 545 EDT...THE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION INDIANA. THE STORMS SLOW MOVEMENT AND HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS IN ROADS. GO INSIDE DURING THESE STORMS. WITSAMAN CORRECTED WORDING
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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.