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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 15, 1994Decatur County, Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 9:51 AM EST for Decatur County, Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 1994, 9:51 AM EST (14:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 1994, 10:30 AM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Decatur County, IN, Rush County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 151451
SVRIND
INC031-139-151530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
951 AM EST FRI APR 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...DECATUR COUNTY...RUSH COUNTY
 
AT 948 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM 25 TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...NEAR GREENSBURG AND
RUSHVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
ELSON

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, Apr 15, 4:53 AM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes before

INZ002>089-160000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
450 AM EST FRI APR 15 1994

...WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS INDIANA
TODAY...

HENDRICKSON

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 6:11 AM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

INZ001-003-010>013-019-020-151215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
610 AM EST FRI APR 15 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA...

AT 605 AM EST RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 30 MILES
WEST AND NORTHWEST OF LAFAYATTE.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOWLER IN BENTON COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR.*

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF
HEAVY RAINFALL.

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:19 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

INZALL-151700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
715 AM EST FRI APR 15 1993

IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM CDT AND INCLUDES
THAT PART OF INDIANA...

A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA.   THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND
SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO SHOALS TO
5 MILES WEST OF TELL CITY.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... EVANSVILLE...PRINCETON...JASPER...
BOONEVILLE AND MOUNT VERNON.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
JEH

Local storm report, Apr 15, 8:56 AM EST, 55 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
855 PM EST FRI APR 15 1993

TIME             LOCATION                    EVENT

835 PM EST       HENDRICKS COUNTY            2 CAR GARAGE AND SEVERAL
                                             TREES DOWN.
                                             PLAINFIELD FIRE DEPT

835 PM EST       71ST AND DITCH ROAD         MARBLE SIZE HAIL
                 NORTHERN MARION COUNTY      AMATEUR RADIO.

HAINES

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 9:00 AM EST, 51 minutes before

INZ006>009-017-018-024>027-032>034-038>042-047>050-054>059-062>066-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
832 AM EST FRI APR 15 1994

IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 92 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST AND
INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...

EAST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO 40 MILES EAST OF
EVANSVILLE.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...

ANGOLA...FORT WAYNE...MARION...MUNCIE...RICHMOND...INDIANAPOLIS
COLUMBUS...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...MADISON AND TELL CITY.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
STEIGERWALDT

Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:27 AM EST, 24 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
928 AM EST FRI APR 15 1993

TIME             LOCATION                    EVENT

848 AM EST       HENDRICKS COUNTY...         SMALL BARN DAMAGED, SEVERAL
                 SE OF PLAINFIELD            TREES DOWN...HOUSE DAMAGED.
                                             PLAINFIELD FIRE DEPT

921 AM EST       BETWEEN FREETOWN AND        FUNNEL CLOUDY ALOFT
                 KURTZ IN JACKSON COUNTY     PUBLIC REPORT.

921 AM EST       WEST SIDE OF SEYMOUR        FUNNEL CLOUD ALOFT. PUBLIC
                                             REPORT

CURRAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 7:42 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	33 min
Apr 15, 7:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Posey, Vanderburgh	30 min
Apr 15, 7:49 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Putnam	41 min
Apr 15, 8:28 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Morgan	47 min
Apr 15, 8:28 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks	47 min
Apr 15, 8:41 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Spencer	34 min
Apr 15, 9:01 AM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	29 min
Apr 15, 9:09 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Madison	36 min
Apr 15, 9:23 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jennings, Shelby	37 min
Apr 15, 9:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry	30 min

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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.