Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1994, 6:15 PM EST for Jackson County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 6:15 PM EST (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 WUUS1 KIND 262316 RRA SVRIND INC071-079-262345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 615 PM EST SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA ...JENNINGS COUNTY AT 612 PM EST...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR SEYMOUR TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF BROWNSTOWN...SEYMOUR AND NORTH VERNON SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THESE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE AWAY FROM YOUR AREA. 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. STEIGERWALDT
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, 3:30 PM EST, 2 hours 45 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, 2 hours 42 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
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:30 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
INZ048>050-052>080-082>084-087>089-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 430 PM EST SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE. SOME CITIES IN THIS WATCH ARE RICHMOND...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD...JASPER...SEYMOUR AND MIDISON. AT 425 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO JUST SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. DS :x$ + 6WWUS "^6WWUS ?f6WWUS& 7q4WSUS %7WWUS "6WWUS 06WWUS| `96WWUS @)`WWUS 76WWUS 0E( WUUS "WWUS x'`WWUS p)F6WWUS 5X WUUS 0v6WWUS $WWUS 3U^WSUS =< WUUS -b6WWUS )c WUUSV 00XWSUS C 262124
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:35 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
INZ048>050-052>080-082>084-087>089-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 430 PM EST SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE. SOME CITIES IN THIS WATCH ARE RICHMOND...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD...JASPER...SEYMOUR AND MIDISON. AT 425 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO JUST SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:00 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
INZ048>050-052>080-082>084-087>089-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 500 PM EST SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE. SOME CITIES IN THIS WATCH ARE RICHMOND...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD...JASPER...SEYMOUR AND MIDISON. AT 455 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM JUST SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS TO JUST EAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM AROUND BLOOMINGTON EAST TO GREENSBURG. THOSE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:01 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
INZ048>050-052>080-082>084-087>089-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 500 PM EST SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE. SOME CITIES IN THIS WATCH ARE RICHMOND...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD...JASPER...SEYMOUR AND MIDISON. AT 455 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM JUST SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS TO JUST EAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM AROUND BLOOMINGTON EAST TO GREENSBURG. THOSE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREAfTENS...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. DS
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, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 47 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 |
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.