Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1994, 8:19 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1994, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1994, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties LaPorte County, IN, Starke County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSBN 140120 RRA SVRSBN INC091-149-140200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 819 PM EST (819 PM CDT) MON JUN 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EST (900 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN LAPORTE COUNTY...STARKE COUNTY AT 820 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND...NEAR HANHA INDIANA. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS IT MOVED TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN HANHA...BREMS...AND HAMLET SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY 8AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 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 CDT, 1 hour 3 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 SEVE RE WEATHER THREATENS. EP
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:41 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
INZ001>027-031>034-140400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 740 PM EST MON JUN 13 1993 IN INDIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RENSSELAER TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE LAGRANGE AND STEUBEN COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHEAST INDIANA. THIS REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 417 PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR NORTH INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SOUTH BEND...LOGANSPORT...RENSSELAER... FORT WAYNE...MARION AND PORTLAND. 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:41 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
INZ001>027-031>034-140400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 740 PM EST MON JUN 13 1993 IN INDIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RENSSELAER TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE LAGRANGE AND STEUBEN COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHEAST INDIANA. THIS REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 417 PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR NORTH INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SOUTH BEND...LOGANSPORT...RENSSELAER... FORT WAYNE...MARION AND PORTLAND. 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 8:15 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
INZ002>018-020>027-031>034-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 815 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RENSSELAER TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE UNTIL 1100 PM EST. AT 810 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING VERY STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF RENSSELAER TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF 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, 8:18 PM CDT, 1 minute before
INZ002>018-020>027-031>034-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 815 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RENSSELAER TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE UNTIL 1100 PM EST. AT 810 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING VERY STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF RENSSELAER TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF 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 CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Starke | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Newton | 48 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.