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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 6, 1994LaPorte County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1994, 1:23 PM CDT for LaPorte County, Indiana. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1994, 1:23 PM CDT (18:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1994, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County LaPorte County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 303 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

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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

Local storm report, Jul 6, 10:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 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 CDT, 3 hours 13 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
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:02 PM CDT, 21 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 CDT, 21 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 CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph46 min
Jul 6, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph50 min
Jul 6, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur33 min
Jul 6, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush30 min
Jul 6, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne43 min
Jul 6, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Owen25 min

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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.