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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana

June 27, 1993Huntington County, Wells County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1993, 3:32 PM EST for Huntington County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1993, 3:32 PM EST (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1993, 4:15 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

Counties Huntington County, IN, Wells County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 1993-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1993-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 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 KFWA 272032 RRA
SVRFWA
INC069-179-272115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
332 PM EST SUN JUN 27 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
      EASTERN HUNTINGTON...WELLS

PEOPLE IN THE AREA AROUND THE  CITY OF BLUFFTON 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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

 MARSHALL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 2:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington, Wabash48 min
Jun 27, 3:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams27 min
Jun 27, 4:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Grant34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993

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.