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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 25, 1994Saint Joseph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 1994, 5:23 PM EST for Saint Joseph County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 25, 1994, 5:23 PM EST (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 1994, 6:00 PM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Joseph County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 260 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 1994-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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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, 3 hours 23 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, 3 hours 22 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 4:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarshall34 min
Sep 25, 4:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarshall30 min
Sep 25, 4:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph42 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.