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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 17, 1994Kosciusko County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1994, 4:07 PM EST for Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1994, 4:07 PM EST (21:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1994, 4:45 PM EST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Kosciusko 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 205 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 193 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart38 min
Jun 17, 5:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarshall, Saint Joseph41 min
Jun 17, 5:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph42 min
Jun 17, 6:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette, Union33 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.