Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1994, 6:26 PM CDT for Jasper County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1994, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jasper County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KIND 012326 RRA SVRIND INC073-020000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 626 PM EST FRI JUL 1 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST INDIANA ...SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY AT 620 PM EST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTHEAST JASPER COUNTY ABOUTH 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WILL BE OVER SOUTHEAST JASPER COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. HAINES
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, Jul 1, 5:44 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
INZALL-020500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 535 PM EST FRI JUL 1 1993 IN INDIANA THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO PORTLAND IN JAY COUNTY OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... SOUTH BEND...ELKHART... ANGOLA...MONTICELLO...LOGANSPORT...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE... CRAWFORDSVILLE...THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS...KOKOMO AND MARION. 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. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:00 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
INZ001-003-010>013-019-020-020000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 600 PM EST FRI JUL 1 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BENTON AND JASPER COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA EXPIRED AT 600 PM EST. THE STRONGEST STORM HAS PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR RENSSELAER. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ALSO INDICATED NORTHEAST OF KENTLAND IN SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL MOVE INTO PULASKI...WHITE AND BENTON COUNTIES BY 615 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:09 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
INZ001-003-010>013-019-020-020000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 600 PM EST FRI JUL 1 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BENTON AND JASPER COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA EXPIRED AT 600 PM EST. THE STRONGEST STORM HAS PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR RENSSELAER. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ALSO INDICATED NORTHEAST OF KENTLAND IN SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL MOVE INTO PULASKI...WHITE AND BENTON COUNTIES BY 615 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. KOLDITZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton, Jasper | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pulaski | 44 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.