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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 23, 1994Fountain County, Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 1994, 10:41 PM EST for Fountain County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 1994, 10:41 PM EST (03:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 1994, 11:15 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fountain County, IN, Warren County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 266 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 00:00Z on 1994-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1994-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
314 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 KIND 240343
SVRIND
INC045-171-240415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1041 PM EST WED MAR 23 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...FOUNTAIN COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
UNTIL 1115 PM EST FOR WARREN AND FOUNTAIN COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL
INDIANA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND HAVE PRODUCED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
NEAR DANVILLE ILLINOIS DURING THE PAST 15 MINUTES.
 
PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF VEEDERSBURG...WILLIAMSPORT AND OTHER TOWNS IN
THE WARNING AREA SHOULD EXPECT LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN
UNTIL THESE SEVERE STORMS PASS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND 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 ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
RPG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 11:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte, Starke46 min
Mar 24, 12:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne30 min
Mar 24, 12:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton37 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.