Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 4:26 PM EST for Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 4:26 PM EST (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cass County, MI
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 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 KSBN 282129 RRA SVRSBN MIC027-282215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 426 PM EST (526 PM EDT) TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EST (615 PM EDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ...CASS COUNTY AT 425 PM EST / 525 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OCCURRING 5 MILES EAST OF NILES MICHIGAN OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING OFF TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...EDWARDSBURG...ADAMSVILLE ...CALVIN CENTER AND UNION. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED 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. 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. SPRIGGS &
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 28, 1:24 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
INZALL-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 124 PM EST TUE JUN 28 1994 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE...EXCEPT FOR LAKE...PORTER AND NEWTON COUNTIES IN FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA WHICH ARE NOT IN THE WATCH AREA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...ANGOLA... MONTICELLO...LOGANSPORT...FORT WAYNE...WABASH AND DECATUR. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STEIGERWALDT /
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:26 PM EST, 3 hours before
INZALL-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 124 PM EST TUE JUN 28 1994 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE...EXCEPT FOR LAKE...PORTER AND NEWTON COUNTIES IN FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA WHICH ARE NOT IN THE WATCH AREA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...ANGOLA... MONTICELLO...LOGANSPORT...FORT WAYNE...WABASH AND DECATUR. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STEIGERWALDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 3:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Berrien, Cass | 41 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.