Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
- 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
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. CLICK
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 12:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pulaski, Starke | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 1:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 5:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 41 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.