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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 8, 1994Elkhart County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1994, 2:06 PM EST for Elkhart County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1994, 2:06 PM EST (19:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1994, 2:45 PM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Elkhart County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 1994-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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 
TTAA00 KSBN 081908 RRA
SVRSBN
INC039-081945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
206 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...ELKHART COUNTY
 
AT 155 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDIATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
ELKHART COUNTY INDIANA NEAR ELKHART MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 4:32 PM ESTTornado WarningINDWarren28 min
Aug 8, 5:00 PM ESTTornado WarningINDWarren26 min
Aug 8, 5:21 PM ESTTornado WarningINDKosciusko, Marshall34 min
Aug 8, 5:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami27 min
Aug 8, 6:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, Miami26 min
Aug 8, 6:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo49 min
Aug 8, 6:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion45 min
Aug 8, 6:59 PM ESTTornado WarningINDVigo31 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.