Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1993, 3:22 PM EST for Grant County, Indiana. It was in force for 12 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1993, 3:22 PM EST (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1993, 3:34 PM EST
- In force
- 12 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, 8.4 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
- 1376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
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 28, 1:40 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-281940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 140 PM EST WED JUL 28 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 137 PM EST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE NEAR LAGRANGE INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND CONTAINED HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. BY 200 PM EST THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE TO A POSITION 55 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANGOLA INDIANA. MARSHALL
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:58 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-281940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 158 PM EST SUN JUL 25 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING JUST SOUTHEAST OF WARSAW... AT 155 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WARSAW...NEAR PIERCETON INDIANA. THIS STORM CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BEn MOVING INTO WHITLEY COUNTY INDIANA BY 210 PM EST. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:58 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-281940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 158 PM EST WED JUL 28 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING JUST SOUTHEAST OF WARSAW... AT 155 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WARSAW...NEAR PIERCETON INDIANA. THIS STORM CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WHITLEY COUNTY INDIANA BY 210 PM EST. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BARJENBRUCH CORRECTED DATE
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-282000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 200 PM EST WED JUL 28 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 155 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 50 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE OR 5 MILES EAST OF LAGRANGE INDIANA...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE OR 5 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA CITY INDIANA AND 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION OR 20 MILES WEST OF WABASH INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND CONTAINED HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. BY 200 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED 25 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE JUST SOUTH OF AUBURN AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE. THE THUNDERSTORM EAST OF LAGRANGE WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. MARSHALL
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
INZ001-002-004-005-MIZ001-007-008-281940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 158 PM EST WED JUL 28 1993 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING JUST SOUTHEAST OF WARSAW... AT 155 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WARSAW...NEAR PIERCETON INDIANA. THIS STORM CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN vHOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WHITLEY COUNTY INDIANA BY 210 PM EST. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BARJENBRUCH CORRECTED DATE
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:01 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-OHZ001-282000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 200 PM EST WED JUL 28 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 155 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 50 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE OR 5 MILES EAST OF LAGRANGE INDIANA...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE OR 5 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA CITY INDIANA AND 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION OR 20 MILES WEST OF WABASH INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND CONTAINED HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. BY 200 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED 25 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE JUST SOUTH OF AUBURN| AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE. THE THUNDERSTORM EAST OF LAGRANGE WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. MARSHALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Whitley | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Wabash | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 2:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 3:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 3:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wells | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 4:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay | 26 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.