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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 15, 1994Allen County, Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 10:59 AM CDT for Allen County, Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 1994, 10:59 AM CDT (15:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 1994, 11:45 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Monroe County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 1649 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.7
Supercell composite: 13.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 151600
SVREVV
KYC003-009-171-151645-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1059 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...ALLEN COUNTY...BARREN COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 1058 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES
EAST OF BOWLING GREEN NEAR GLASGOW AND EXTENDED TO SCOTTSVILLE. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS TAKE COVER.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVEP 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.
 
 
NIEMEIER

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, 6:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 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 CDT, 3 hours 40 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 CDT, 2 hours 3 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 CDT, 1 hour 59 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 CDT, 1 hour 32 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

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:41 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

INZALL-151615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1040 AM EST FRI APR 15 1994

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 92 THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE EASTERN HALF
OF INDIANA...HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN INDIANA.

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WATCH HAS MOVED
EAST OUT OF INDIANA.

AT THIS TIME NO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT IN INDIANA.

ELSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 7:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henderson	30 min
Apr 15, 9:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Ohio	31 min
Apr 15, 9:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Muhlenberg	31 min
Apr 15, 9:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Logan, Todd	34 min
Apr 15, 9:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Butler, Grayson	34 min
Apr 15, 10:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren	50 min
Apr 15, 10:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Simpson	50 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.