Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1993, 6:20 PM EST for Jay County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1993, 6:20 PM EST (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1993, 6:44 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jay County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 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, Jul 2, 5:02 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-022300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 557 PM EST FRI JUL 2 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EST... AT 555 PM EST...STRONG STORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES WEST OF MARION. OTHER STORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF MARION NEAR GAS CITY...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE NEAR COLUMBIA CITY AND 50 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE NEAR PORTLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND CONTAINED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. BY 530 PM EST...STRONG STORMS WILL HAVE MOVED THROUGH WABASH...MARION AND SOUTH WHITLEY INDIANA. THE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE NEAR ROME CITY TO MARION. ALSO...THERE IS AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR GRANT...BLACKFORD AND SOUTHERN WELLS COUNTIES. WITSAMAN CORRECTED TO ADD WORDS
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:02 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:08 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-022300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 500 PM EST FRI JUL 2 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EST... AT 5 PM EST...STRONG STORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES WEST OF MARION. OTHER STORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF MARION NEAR GAS CITY...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE NEAR COLUMBIA CITY AND 50 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE NEAR PORTLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND CONTAINED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. BY 530 PM EST...STRONG STORMS WILL HAVE MOVED THROUGH WABASH...MARION AND SOUTH WHITLEY INDIANA. THE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE NEAR ROME CITY TO MARION. ALSO...THERE IS AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR GRANT...BLACKFORD AND SOUTHERN WELLS COUNTIES. WITSAMAN CORRECTED HEADER TIME
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:42 PM EST, 38 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 542 PM EST FRI JUL 2 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EST... AT 540 PM EST...STRONG STORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTH TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. OTHER STORMS WERE BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE BETWEEN DECATUR AND GENEVA INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND CONTAINED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. BY 630 PM EST...STRONG STORMS WILL HAVE MOVED THROUGH FORT WAYNE AND AUBURN INDIANA. THE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE...NEAR THE OHIO STATE LINE. ALSO...THERE IS AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR GRANT...BLACKFORD...SOUTHERN WELLS...SOUTHERN ADAMS AND NORTHERN JAY COUNTIES. WITSAMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:43 PM EST, 37 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 542 PM EST FRI JUL 2 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EST... AT 540 PM EST...STRONG STORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTH TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. OTHER STORMS WERE BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE BETWEEN DECATUR AND GENEVA INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND CONTAINED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. BY 630 PM EST...STRONG STORMS WILL HAVE MOVED THROUGH FORT WAYNE AND AUBURN INDIANA. THE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST T@O 50 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE...NEAR THE OHIO STATE LINE. ALSO...THERE IS AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR GRANT...BLACKFORD...SOUTHERN WELLS...SOUTHERN ADAMS AND NORTHERN JAY COUNTIES. WITSAMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:57 PM EST, 23 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-022300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 557 PM EST FRI JUL 2 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EST... AT 555 PM EST...STRONG STORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES WEST OF MARION. OTHER STORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF MARION NEAR GAS CITY...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE NEAR COLUMBIA CITY AND 50 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE NEAR PORTLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND CONTAINED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. BY 530 PM EST...STRONG STORMS WILL HAVE MOVED THROUGH WABASH...MARION AND SOUTH WHITLEY INDIANA. THE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE NEAR ROME CITY TO MARION. ALSO...THERE IS AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR GRANT...BLACKFORD AND SOUTHERN WELLS COUNTIES. WITSAMAN CORRECTED TO ADD WORDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:09 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Adams | 2 hr |
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.