Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1994, 6:36 PM EST for Carroll County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1994, 6:36 PM EST (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1994, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 1135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 132337 RRA SVRIND INC015-157-140030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 636 PM EST SAT AUG 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...NORTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY AT 635 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST OF BATTLE GROUND...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 13, 5:02 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
INZ019-028-035-043-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 502 PM EST SAT AUG 13 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF EASTERN SECTIONS OF ILLINOIS INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR FOWLER AROUND 515 PM TO 530 PM EST AND WILL EXTEND SOUTH THROUGH WILLIAMSPORT...COVINGTON AND NEWPORT BY AROUND 600 PM EST. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. EP
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:10 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
INZ008>044-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 510 PM EST SAT AUG 13 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. A FEW CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE RENSSELAER...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO ...FORT WAYNE...MUNCIE...ANDERSON...CRAWFORDSVILLE AND NOBLESVILLE. AT 505 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN ILLINOIS AND THEY WERE MOVING TOWARD WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PRICE
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:12 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
INZ008>044-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 510 PM EST SAT AUG 13 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. A FEW CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE RENSSELAER...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO ...FORT WAYNE...MUNCIE...ANDERSON...CRAWFORDSVILLE AND NOBLESVILLE. AT 505 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN ILLINOIS AND THEY WERE MOVING TOWARD WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SH(OULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PRICE
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:59 PM EST, 37 minutes before
INZ019-020-028-029-035-036-043-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 559 PM EST SAT AUG 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA... AT 555 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR FOWLER TO AROUND WILLIAMSPORT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR BUT WERE ALSO DEVELOPING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE TO CRAWFORDSVILLE AND MONTEZUMA BY AROUND 645 PM EST. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. EP
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 6:09 PM EST, 27 minutes before
INZ008>044-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 609 PM EST SAT AUG 13 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. AT 605 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR MONTICELLO TO JUST WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO AROUND WILLIAMSPORT AND THEN EXTENDED INTO ILLINOIS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. PRICE
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 6:10 PM EST, 26 minutes before
INZ008>044-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 609 PM EST SAT AUG 13 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. AT 605 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR MONTICELLO TO JUST WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO AROUND WILLIAMSPORT AND THEN EXTENDED INTO ILLINOIS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. PRICE
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.