Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1994, 4:05 PM EST for Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1994, 4:05 PM EST (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1994, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Elkhart County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 1109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSBN 132106 RRA SVRSBN INC039-141-132145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 405 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...ELKHART COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN ST JOSEPH COUNTY AT 405 EST....RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND...NEAR WYATT INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WAS LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE IN WYATT...WAKARUSA...GOSHEN...AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BARJENBRUCH
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, Jun 13, 2:01 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
INZALL-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 201 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994 IN INDIANA...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO RICHMOND INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE GARY...SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...RENSSELAER... FORT WAYNE...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO...MARION...FRANKFORT... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON AND MUNCIE. 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 WARNINGS. AT 200 PM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF GARY TO JUST NORTH OF SOUTH BEND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:01 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
INZALL-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 201 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994 IN INDIANA...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO RICHMOND INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE GARY...SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...RENSSELAER... FORT WAYNE...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO...MARION...FRANKFORT... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON AND MUNCIE. 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 WARNINGS. AT 200 PM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF GARY TO JUST NORTH OF SOUTH BEND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:04 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
INZ001>042-049-050-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 304 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 303 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS PARTS OF EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA...FROM NEAR GARY TO ELKHART. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FURTHER SOUTH INTO INDIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ZIMMERMAN : *&"}2Q:%FN3V^Urv`wNE.} 6DVdv\>r..&B0
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:04 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
INZ001>042-049-050-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 304 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 303 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS PARTS OF EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA...FROM NEAR GARY TO ELKHART. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FURTHER SOUTH INTO INDIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ZIMMERMAN : *&"}2Q:%FN3V^Urv`wNE.} 6DVdv\>r..&B0
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 10:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 5:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko, Marshall | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 6:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko, Marshall | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.