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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 15, 1994Hendricks County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 8:28 AM EST for Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 1994, 8:28 AM EST (13:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 1994, 9:15 AM EST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Hendricks County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 151330
SVRIND
INC063-081-097-109-151415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
828 AM EST FRI APR 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...HENDRICKS COUNTY...JOHNSON COUNTY...MARION COUNTY
   ...MORGAN COUNTY
 
...AT 825 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST 
INDIANAPOLIS. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST NEAR 45
MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA...BE PREPARED FOR
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS.  THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO DOWNTOWN
INDIANAPOLIS BY 9 AM EST.
 
WINDS TO 70 MPH WERE REPORTED IN PUTNAM COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
AT 740 AM EST.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNzED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
 
 
TUCEK
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 7:42 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	33 min
Apr 15, 7:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Posey, Vanderburgh	30 min
Apr 15, 7:49 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Putnam	41 min
Apr 15, 8:28 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Morgan	47 min
Apr 15, 8:41 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Spencer	34 min
Apr 15, 9:01 AM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	29 min
Apr 15, 9:09 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Madison	36 min
Apr 15, 9:23 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jennings, Shelby	37 min
Apr 15, 9:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry	30 min
Apr 15, 9:51 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	39 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.