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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 6, 1994Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1994, 1:10 PM EST for Saint Joseph County, Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1994, 1:10 PM EST (18:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1994, 2:00 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Saint Joseph County, IN, Berrien County, MI

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 263 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1994-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1873 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1994-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
1873 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KSBN 061810 RRA
SVRSBN
INC141-MIC021-061900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
110 PM EST (210 PM EDT) WED JUL 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM EST (300 PM EDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN ST JOSEPH COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
 
   ...BERRIEN COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN
 
 
AT 105 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF
SOUTH BEND NEAR NEW CARLISLE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE SOUTH BEND AND NILES.
 
 
 
 
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.

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

Local storm report, Jul 6, 10:07 AM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1010 AM EST WED JUL 6 1994

TIME             LOCATION                    EVENT

510-520 PM EST   NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY      PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE
TUE JUL 5        SOUTH OF BOSWELL            HAIL...RPTD THRU COUNTY
                                             EXTENSION

520 PM EST       SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY      PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE
TUE JUL 5        NEAR BOSWELL                HAIL...RPTD BY BOSWELL
                                             P.D.

MES
Local storm report, Jul 6, 10:10 AM EST, 3 hours before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1010 AM EST WED JUL 6 1994

TIME             LOCATION                    EVENT

510-520 PM EST   NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY      PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE
TUE JUL 5        SOUTH OF BOSWELL            HAIL...RPTD THRU COUNTY
                                             EXTENSION

520 PM EST       SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY      PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE
TUE JUL 5        NEAR BOSWELL                HAIL...RPTD BY BOSWELL
                                             P.D.

MES
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:02 PM EST, 8 minutes before
INZALL-DDHHMM-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
100 PM  EST WED JUL 6  1993

IN INDIANA THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT  UNTIL 700 PM EST
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM RENSSELAER
TO FORT WAYNE.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... CHESTERTON..LAPORTE..SOUTH BEND..ELKHART
ANGOLA..KENDALLVILLE..FORT WAYNE...WARSAW..GARY AND RENSSELAER.

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.

MES
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:02 PM EST, 8 minutes before
INZALL-DDHHMM-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
100 PM  EST WED JUL 6  1993

IN INDIANA THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT  UNTIL 700 PM EST
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM RENSSELAER
TO FORT WAYNE.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... CHESTERTON..LAPORTE..SOUTH BEND..ELKHART
ANGOLA..KENDALLVILLE..FORT WAYNE...WARSAW..GARY AND RENSSELAER.

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.

MES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph46 min
Jul 6, 1:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte52 min
Jul 6, 2:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur33 min
Jul 6, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush30 min
Jul 6, 4:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne43 min
Jul 6, 4:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Owen25 min
Jul 6, 2:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph45 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.