Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1994, 4:28 PM EST for Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 4:28 PM EST (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Owen County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 262128 RRA SVRIND INC119-262215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 428 PM EST SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...OWEN COUNTY AT 426 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE NEAR CAGLES MILL LAKE AND JORDAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF HAIL AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD CAUSE FLOODING. 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. EP
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 26, 2:37 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
INZ010>074-262030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 238 PM EST SUN JUN 26 1994 AT 230 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST WEST OF FRANKFORT IN CLINTON COUNTY WHERE 1/4 INCH OF HAIL WAS REPORTED. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST TIPPECANOE COUNTY JUST SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR KOKOMO IN HOWARD COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS WERE WAS ALSO REPORTED BETWEEN LOGANSPORT AND BURLINGTON ALONG STATE ROAD 29 WITH PORTIONS OF THE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. RPG
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:38 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
INZ010>074-262030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 238 PM EST SUN JUN 26 1994 AT 230 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST WEST OF FRANKFORT IN CLINTON COUNTY WHERE 1/4 INCH OF HAIL WAS REPORTED. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST TIPPECANOE COUNTY JUST SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR KOKOMO IN HOWARD COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS WERE WAS ALSO REPORTED BETWEEN LOGANSPORT AND BURLINGTON ALONG STATE ROAD 29 WITH PORTIONS OF THE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. RPG bzzzgf6WWUS^ ST WINDS 10 TO 2o6WWUS| V1WSCAT x 6WWUS< 0ERED SHOWERS ANDE6WWUS8 MS. HIGH NEAR I6WWUSb $0 MPH. CHANCE Oq6WWUSV X~6WWUSn 8XWOUS H6WWUS, o6WWUS ``WWUS ~>6WWUS@ ]&~WWUSR 0]96WWUSh (aX WUUS G>6WWUS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:15 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
INZ010>074-262120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 315 PM EST SUN JUN 26 1994 AT 310 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM THORNTOWN IN NORTHWEST BOONE COUNTY TO PICKARD IN SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF CARMEL IN SOUTHWEST HAMILTON COUNTY. ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RPG
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:16 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
INZ010>074-262120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 315 PM EST SUN JUN 26 1994 AT 310 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM THORNTOWN IN NORTHWEST BOONE COUNTY TO PICKARD IN SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF CARMEL IN SOUTHWEST HAMILTON COUNTY. ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ...POSSI.BLE SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RPG
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:30 PM EST, 58 minutes before
INZ010>074-26213015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 330 PM EST SUN JUN 26 1994 AT 325 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST HAMILTON COUNTY AND NORTHERN MARION COUNTY. STATE POLICE REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL ROUTE AT 421 AND 334 IN SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY AS WELL AS AT ROUTE 421 AND INTERSTATE 465 IN NORTHERN MARION COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. MOTORISTS IN SOUTHERN HAMILTON AND NORTHERN MARION COUNTY SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL OCCUR AND LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES MAY FLOOD. RPG WWUS35KMEM .
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:33 PM EST, 55 minutes before
INZ010>074-26213015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 330 PM EST SUN JUN 26 1994 AT 325 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST HAMILTON COUNTY AND NORTHERN MARION COUNTY. STATE POLICE REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL ROUTE AT 421 AND 334 IN SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY AS WELL AS AT ROUTE 421 AND INTERSTATE 465 IN NORTHERN MARION COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. MOTORISTS IN SOUTHERN HAMILTON AND NORTHERN MARION COUNTY SHOULD EXERCISHE CAUTION AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL OCCUR AND LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES MAY FLOOD. RPG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 11:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 3:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 30 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.