Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 7:45 AM CDT for Posey County, Vanderburgh County, Indiana; Henderson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 7:45 AM CDT (12:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Posey County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Henderson County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 14.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEVV 151246 SVREVV INC129-163-KYC101-151315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 745 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...POSEY COUNTY...VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY ...HENDERSON COUNTY A SMALL AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE WABASH RIVER WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR MT VERNON INDIANA AT 740 AM CDT. THE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH EVANSVILLE INDIANA AND HENDERSON KENTUCKY ABOUT 800 AM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Apr 15, 4:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
INZ002>089-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 450 AM EST FRI APR 15 1994 ...WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS INDIANA TODAY... HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 6:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
INZ001-003-010>013-019-020-151215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 610 AM EST FRI APR 15 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA... AT 605 AM EST RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 30 MILES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF LAFAYATTE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOWLER IN BENTON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR.* THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:19 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
INZALL-151700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 715 AM EST FRI APR 15 1993 IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM CDT AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO SHOALS TO 5 MILES WEST OF TELL CITY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... EVANSVILLE...PRINCETON...JASPER... BOONEVILLE AND MOUNT VERNON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WAR NINGS. JEH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 7:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Putnam | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Spencer | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 9:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 9:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Madison | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 9:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jennings, Shelby | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 9:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 9:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Ohio | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Muhlenberg | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 9:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Logan, Todd | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 9:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Butler, Grayson | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 10:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 10:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Simpson | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 10:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Allen, Barren, Monroe | 46 min |
Nearby
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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.