Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1994, 2:29 PM CDT for Union County, Kentucky; Gallatin County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 1994, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 1994, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gallatin County, IL, Union County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 975 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KEVV 111931 RRA SVREVV ILC059-KYC225-112015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 229 PM CDT THU AUG 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...SOUTHERN GALLATIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY ...UNION COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR JUST SOUTH OF JUNCTION ILLINOIS...40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR STURGIS KENTUCKY BY 300 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BLOCK
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 11, 8:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
INZALL-111445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 850 AM EST THU AUG 11 1994 AT 840 AM EST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS A FEW MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOWLER IN BENTON COUNTY. THIS STORM CONTAINED VIVID LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL AS IT MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY A FEW MINUTES EARLIER. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST TIPPECANOE COUNTY AT 900 AM EST. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST BENTON AND NORTHWEST TIPPECANOE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 8:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
INZALL-111445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 850 AM EST THU AUG 11 1994 AT 840 AM EST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS A FEW MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOWLER IN BENTON COUNTY. THIS STORM CONTAINED VIVID LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL AS IT MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY A FEW MINUTES EARLIER. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LBE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST TIPPECANOE COUNTY AT 900 AM EST. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST BENTON AND NORTHWEST TIPPECANOE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 9:55 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
INZALL-111555- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 955 AM EST THU AUG 11 1994 AT 950 AM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF CENTRL INDIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LOGANSPORT AND BUNKER HILL..TO DELPHI AND LAFAYETTE..TO NEAR ATTICA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A BRIEF PERIOD OF TORRRENTIAL RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE AT OR NEAR KOKOMO AND FRANKFORT BEFORE 1030 AM EST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. A LINE OF SHOWERS ALSO EXTENDED FROM THE NEW CASTLE AREA...TO GREENWOOD...CLAY CITY AND CARLISLE. PEOPLE IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STORMS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL LIGHTNING HAS ENDED. GRAY
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 9:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
INZALL-111555- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 955 AM EST THU AUG 11 1994 AT 950 AM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF CENTRL INDIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LOGANSPORT AND BUNKER HILL..TO DELPHI AND LAFAYETTE..TO NEAR ATTICA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A BRIEF PERIOD OF TORRRENTIAL RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE AT OR NEAR KOKOMO AND FRANKFORT BEFORE 1030 AM EST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. A LINE OF SHOWERS ALSO EXTENDED FROM THE NEW CASTLE AREA...TO GREENWOOD...CLAY CITY AND CARLISLE. PEOPLE IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STORMS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL LIGHTNING HAS ENDED. GRAY
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 11:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
INZALL-111715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1115 AM EST THU AUG 11 1994 AT 1105 AM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND OVER THE NORTH PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ROCKVILLE IN PARKE COUNTY TO NEAR FRANKFORT IN CLINTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF TORRRENTIAL RAINS AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE TOWNS OF KOKOMO AND FRANKFORT. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED FROM THE VINCENNES AREA IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA TO NEAR BLOOMINGTON...RUSHVILLE AND TO THE RICHMOND AREA IN EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STATE POLICE REPORTED ROAD FLOODING IN TIPPECANOE COUNTY NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR THE TOWN OF BATTLE GROUND ON STATE ROAD 225. THE AREA WAS BETWEEN THE WABASH RIVER AND STATE ROAD 225. DO NOT DRIVE OR CROSS FLOODED ROADS. IF FLOODING THREATENS YOUR AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 11:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
INZALL-111715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1115 AM EST THU AUG 11 1994 AT 1105 AM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND OVER THE NORTH PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ROCKVILLE IN PARKE COUNTY TO NEAR FRANKFORT IN CLINTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF TORRRENTIAL RAINS AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE TOWNS OF KOKOMO AND FRANKFORT. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED FROM THE VINCENNES AREA IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA TO NEAR BLOOMINGTON...RUSHVILLE AND TO THE RICHMOND AREA IN EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STATE POLICE REPORTED ROAD FLOODING IN TIPPECANOE COUNTY NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR THE TOWN OF BATTLE GROUND ON STATE ROAD 225. THE AREA WAS BETWEEN THE WABASH RIVER AND STATE ROAD 225. DO NOT DRIVE OR CROSS FLOODED ROADS. IF FLOODING THREATENS YOUR AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE. KOLDITZ
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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.