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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 1, 1994Benton County, Jasper County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1994, 5:27 PM EST for Benton County, Jasper County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1994, 5:27 PM EST (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1994, 6:00 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 275 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1994-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1994-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-249 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1171 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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 
WUUS1 KIND 012227 RRA
SVRIND
INC007-073-012300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
527 PM EST FRI JUL 1 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY...JASPER COUNTY
 
AT 520 PM EST RADAR INDICATED THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS RAPIDLY
DEVELOPED IN NORTHWEST INDIANA.
 
THE STORM WAS 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL MOVE NEAR THE TOWN OF
REMINGTON BY 545 PM EST.
 
 
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.
 
HAINES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 6:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJasper34 min
Jul 1, 6:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPulaski44 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.