Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1994, 12:23 AM EST for Hamilton County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 1994, 12:23 AM EST (05:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 1994, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 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 KIND 240523 SVRIND INC057-240600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1223 AM EST THU MAR 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...HAMILTON COUNTY AT 1220 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS IN SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY. THE STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN THE NOBLESVILLE AREA BETWEEN 1230 AND 1245 AM EST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SBH
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, Mar 23, 11:03 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
INZALL 240900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1100 PM EST WED MAR 23 1994 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR SULLIVAN TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO LAWRENCEBURG. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE... TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS...RICHMOND...AND BLOOMINGTON. PRICE
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 11:29 PM EST, 54 minutes before
INZ002>066-072>074-240900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1125 PM EST WED MAR 23 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO LAWRENCEBURG. AT 1120 PM EST WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF T.ERRE HAUTE TO JUST WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO NEAR LAFAYETTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. PRICE
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 11:38 PM EST, 45 minutes before
INZ073-074-240900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1135 PM EST WED MAR 23 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH DOES INCLUDE RIPLEY AND DEARBORN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST INDDIANA. EP
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 11:54 PM EST, 29 minutes before
INC011-059-063-065-097-107-139-240600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1154 PM EST WED MAR 23 1994 AT 1150 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS...PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WERE LOCATED 35 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS NEAR KNIGHTSTOWN... AND 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOL NEAR LADOGA. THE STATE POLICE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR KNIGHTSTOWN IN HENRY COU YAT 1147 PM EST. AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR GREENFIELD AT 1138 PM EST. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH...AND PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY AND NORTHERN HENDRICKS AND SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1220 AM EST. SBH
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 12:08 AM EST, 15 minutes before
INC177-240615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1208 AM EST THU MAR 24 1994 AT MIDNIGHT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF RICHMOND IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST...AND WILL MOVE OUT OF WAYNE COUNTY BY 1230 AM EST. A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OBSERVER REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT CAMBRIDGE CITY...15 MILES WEST OF RICHMOND...AT 1205 AM EST. PEOPLE IN WAYNE COUNTY TO THE NORTH OF RICHMOND CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL BETWEEN 1215 AND 1230 AM EST. SBH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 11:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte, Starke | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 12:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 30 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.