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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 1, 1994Benton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1994, 8:24 PM EST for Benton County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1994, 8:24 PM EST (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1994, 9:01 PM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Benton County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 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 00:00Z on 1994-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 207 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 00:00Z on 1994-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 2 hours 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, 2 hours 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, 2 hours 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, 1 hour 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
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:09 PM EST, 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJasper28 min
Jul 1, 7:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWhite36 min
Jul 2, 1:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Wayne53 min
Jul 2, 4:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks25 min
Jul 2, 5:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence, Richland57 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.