Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1994, 7:24 PM EST for White County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1994, 7:24 PM EST (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1994, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County White County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 020024 RRA SVRIND INC181-020130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 724 PM EST FRI JUL 1 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST INDIANA ...WHITE COUNTY AT 723 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY NEAR REMINGTON...ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF RENSSELAER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD WOLCOTT...SEAFIELD...AND REYNOLDS. THIS IS ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RENSSELAER TO ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RENSSELAER. 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, Jul 1, 5:44 PM EST, 1 hour 40 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 EST, 1 hour 24 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 EST, 1 hour 15 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, 7:02 PM EST, 22 minutes before
INZ003>041-046-047-020500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 701 PM EST FRI JUL 1 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. A FEW CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...ANGOLA... MONTICELLO...LOGANSPORT...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE... INDIANAPOLIS...KOKOMO AND MARION. AT 659 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND TO AROUND MONTICELLO AND TO 10 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. PRICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper | 28 min |
| Jul 1, 8:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 1:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Wayne | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 25 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.