Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1994, 6:38 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1994, 6:38 PM EST (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1994, 7:08 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 499 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 KIND 202339 RRA SVRIND INC005-031-210015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 638 PM EST MON JUN 20 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY...DECATUR COUNTY AT 630 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 TO 20 MILES NOR EOF COLUMBUS NEAR OLD ST. LOUIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT HOPE AND RUGBY AND BURNEY BY 650 PM EST WITH VERY ST NWINDS. IF YOU ARE NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING NOW. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DRT &
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 20, 4:15 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
INZ027-034-041-042-049-050-053-056>059-061-062-064>066-073-074-202230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 415 PM EST MON JUN 20 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REAMINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST... AT 415 PM EST RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...NEAR ARNEY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES EAST TOWARDS FREEDOM AND NEW HOPE. ELSON WWUS35KALS .
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:19 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
INZ027-034-041-042-049-050-053-056>059-061-062-064>066-073-074-202230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 415 PM EST MON JUN 20 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REAMINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST... AT 415 PM EST RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...NEAR ARNEY.t..MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES EAST TOWARDS FREEDOM AND NEW HOPE. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 5:07 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
INZ027-034-037-041-042-046-047-049-050-056>059-064>066-073-074-202300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 507 PM EST MON JUN 20 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST... AT 5 PM EST RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS... NEAR LIZTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES EAST TO PITTSBORO AND BROWNSBURG. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 5:07 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
INZ027-034-037-041-042-046-047-049-050-056>059-064>066-073-074-202300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 507 PM EST MON JUN 20 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST... AT 5 PM EST RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS... NEAR LIZTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES EAST TO PITTSBORO AND BROWNSBURG. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 5:37 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
INZ027-034-041>059-063>066-073-074-202330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 537 PM EST MON JUN 20 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST... THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN ADAMS...JAY...DELAWARE...AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. AT 535 PM EST RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM RICHMOND... THROUGH INDIANAPOLIS TO JUST NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE IN CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS IN CENTRAL INDIANA. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 5:38 PM EST, 1 hour before
INZ027-034-041>059-063>066-073-074-202330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 537 PM EST MON JUN 20 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST... THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN ADAMS...JAY...DELAWARE...AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. AT 535 PM EST RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM RICHMOND... THROUGH INDIANAPOLIS TO JUST NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE IN CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS IN CENTRAL INDIANA. ELSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 49 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.