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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 5, 1994Kosciusko County, Indiana

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.

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 
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.
 
 
 
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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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 12:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPulaski, Starke38 min
Jul 5, 12:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFulton42 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.