Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
MESLocal 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.
MESSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 25 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.