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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 5, 1994Fulton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1994, 12:33 PM EST for Fulton County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1994, 12:33 PM EST (17:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1994, 1:15 PM EST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 1994-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1028 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 1994-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
1028 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1046 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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 
TTAA00 KSBN 051734
SVRSBN
INC049-051815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
1233 PM EST TUE JUL 5 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 1230 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST
OF STAR CITY...37 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR
...TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE KEWANNA...ROCHESTER AND PERSHING.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
 
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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 5, 11:25 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
INZ010-011-019-020-051800

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1125 AM EST TUE JUL 5 1994

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA...

AT 1120 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM NEAR FOWLER TO JUST WEST OF
MONTICELLO TO THE AREA AROUND RENSSELAER AND ALSO TO MOROCCO.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME HAIL...BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY
HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

EP
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 11:27 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
INZ010-011-019-020-051800

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1125 AM EST TUE JUL 5 1994

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA...

AT 1120 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM NEAR FOWLER TO JUST WEST OF
MONTICELLO TO THE AREA AROUND RENSSELAER AND ALSO TO MOROCCO.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME HAIL...BRIEF PERIODS OF. VERY
HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

EP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 12:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPulaski, Starke38 min
Jul 5, 1:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko53 min
Jul 5, 4:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe50 min
Jul 5, 5:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarren41 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.