Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1994, 6:11 PM EST for Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 1994, 6:11 PM EST (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1994, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vigo County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 278 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
- 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
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
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:45 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
INZ003>036-082200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER NORTH INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... AT 335PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTH INDIANA. STORMS WERE AROUND SOUTH BEND...ELKHART AND GOSHEN...JUST SOUTH OF WINAMAC AND FROM AROUND LAFAYETTE TOWARD DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST. THE STORMS HAVE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. MOVE INSIDE IF STORMS APROACH. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DS
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:48 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
INZ003>036-082200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER NORTH INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... AT 335PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTH INDIANA. STORMS WERE AROUND SOUTH BEND...ELKHART AND GOSHEN...JUST SOUTH OF WINAMAC AND FROM AROUND LAFAYETTE TOWARD DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST. THE STORMS HAVE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. MOVE INSIDE IF STORMS APROACH. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DS
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:45 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
INZ003>044-082230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 445 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER NORTH INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... AT 445 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN INDIANA. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO NEAR SOUTH BEND AND FORT WAYNE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORMS HAVE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. MOVE INSIDE IF STORMS APROACH. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SBH
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:48 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
INZ003>044-082230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 445 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER NORTH INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... AT 445 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN INDIANA. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO NEAR SOUTH BEND AND FORT WAYNE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORMS HAVE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. MOVE INSIDE IF STORMS APROACH. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SBH
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:35 PM EST, 36 minutes before
INZ003>044-082330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 535 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER NORTH INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... AT 530 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM TERRE HAUTE TO FORT WAYNE. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY A FEW OF THE STORMS. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SBH
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:36 PM EST, 35 minutes before
INZ003>044-082330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 535 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER NORTH INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... AT 530 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM TERRE HAUTE TO FORT WAYNE. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER~ IN LOW AREAS. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY A FEW OF THE STORMS. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SBH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 4:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Warren | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Warren | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 5:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Kosciusko, Marshall | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 5:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 6:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, Miami | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 6:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Vigo | 31 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.