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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 13, 1994Marshall County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1994, 7:24 PM EST for Marshall County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 1994, 7:24 PM EST (00:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 1994, 8:00 PM EST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Marshall County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 235 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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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, Jun 13, 5:00 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:00 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:20 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:21 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:15 PM EST, 9 minutes before

INZ002>042-049-050-140100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
715 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM
25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RENSSELAER TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE
UNTIL 800 PM EST.

AT 710 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING VERY STRONG AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA...ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
NEAR RENSSELAER TO FORT WAYNE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE
WEATHER THREATENS.

EP

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:16 PM EST, 8 minutes before

INZ002>042-049-050-140100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
715 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM
25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RENSSELAER TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE
UNTIL 800 PM EST.

AT 710 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING VERY STRONG AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA...ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
NEAR RENSSELAER TO FORT WAYNE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE
WEATHER THREATENS.

EP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 7:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Starke	39 min
Jun 13, 8:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	LaPorte, Starke	41 min
Jun 13, 8:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marshall	39 min
Jun 13, 9:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jasper	45 min
Jun 13, 9:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Newton	48 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.