Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 1994, 4:11 PM EST for Marshall County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 1994, 4:11 PM EST (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 1994, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marshall County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1230 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSBN 252111 RRA
SVRSBN
INC099-252145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
411 PM EST SUN SEP 25 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF INDIANA
WESTERN MARSHALL
AT 400 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES
SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND...NEAR CULVER INDIANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND LIKELY CONTAINED LARGE HAIL.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM GET INTO A REIN-
FORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RPAIN AND LIGHTNING.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, Sep 25, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
INZ010-011-019>021-028>031-035>040-043>048-051>056-060>064-252000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 200 PM EST SUN SEP 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 155 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS NEAR TIPTON TO 20 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS NEAR GREENFIELD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM IS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. A SPOTTER IN OTTERBEIN...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH THE STORM AROUND 140 PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE TERRE HAUTE AREA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 2:01 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
INZ010-011-019>021-028>031-035>040-043>048-051>056-060>064-252000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 200 PM EST SUN SEP 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 155 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS NEAR TIPTON TO 20 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS NEAR GREENFIELD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM IS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. A SPOTTER IN OTTERBEIN...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH THE STORM AROUND 140 PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE TERRE HAUTE AREA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. ZIMMERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall | 30 min |
| Sep 25, 4:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 42 min |
| Sep 25, 5:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 37 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.