Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1994, 1:07 PM EST for Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 1:07 PM EST (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kosciusko County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 WUUS1 KSBN 051808 RRA SVRSBN INC085-051900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 107 PM EST TUE JUL 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY AT 110 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR AKRON INDIANA ...36 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE SILVER LAKE...CLAY POOL AND SIDNEY. 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. 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 42 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 40 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, 12:54 PM EST, 13 minutes before
INZALL-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1253 PM EST TUE JUL 5 1994 IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO RICHMOND INDIANA...AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF RENSSELAER TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF ANGOLA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...RENSSELAER...LOGANSPORT...FORT WAYNE... LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO...PORTLAND...CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE AND RICHMOND. 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 CONDI@TIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 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, 12:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fulton | 42 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.