Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 2:21 AM EST for Fayette County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 2:21 AM EST (07:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 3:00 AM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 981 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 270722 SVRIND INC041-270800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 221 AM EST WED APR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...FAYETTE COUNTY AT 220 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...NEAR GLENWOOD. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE CONNERSVILLE AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BEFORE 245 AM EST. 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. 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. ZIMMERMAN
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 26, 8:56 PM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
INZ010-011-019-020-028-270315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 855 PM EST TUE APR 26 1994 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO ELKHART. AT 850 PM EST VERY STRONG THUDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR THE SOUTHERN TIP OF LAKE MICHIGAN ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO NEAR SAINT LOUIS. SOME OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF RENSSELAER AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO NEAR SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS. AT 835 PM EST THE CHICAGO RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF RENSSELAER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO PRODUCED LARGE HAIL OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AND HOUR AND MAY MOVE TO NEAR OR JUST NORTHWEST OF RENSSELAER BY 930 PM EST. PERSONS OVER FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. ALSO...REMEMBERF...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 9:17 PM EST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
INZ010-011-019-020-028-270345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 915 PM EST TUE APR 26 1994 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO ELKHART. AT 912 PM EST VERY STRONG THUDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO TO ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF RENSSELAER. RADAR INDICATED SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY HAVE PRODUCED SMALL TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE RENSSELAER AREA BY 945 PM EST. MEANWHILE ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS NEAR CHAMPAIGN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA JUST TO THE WEST OF COVINGTON AFTER 1000 PM EST. PERSONS OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE LWEATHER. ALSO...REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 9:53 PM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
INZALL-270800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 950 PM EST TUE APR 26 1993 IN INDIANA A NEW TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ELKHART TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO NASHVILLE TO PORTLAND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE NEW TORNADO WATCH ARE...FORT WAYNE...KOKOMO... LAFAYATTE...INDIANAPOLIS AND TERRE HAUTE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM ELKHART TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. 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 26, 10:48 PM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1048 PM EST TUE APR 26 1994
TIME (EST) COUNTY LOCATION EVENT
1025 PM JASPER SHERIFFS DEPUTY REPORTED 50 TO 60 MPH
2 WINDS WEST OF RENSSELAER
1035 PM JAPSER PENNY SIZE HAIL AT THE SHERIFFS OFFICE
IN RENSSELAER
DESpecial weather statement, Apr 27, 12:41 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
INZALL-040800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1240 AM EST WED APR 27 1993 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF PORTLAND IN JAY COUNTY. AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEBURG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 5 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE...BLOOMINGTON... BEDFORD...RICHMOND AND MADISON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.6 PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 1:34 AM EST, 47 minutes before
INZALL-270715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 132 AM EST WED APR 27 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 2 AM EST... ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR JUST ABOUT ALL COUNTIES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF PORTLAND IN JAY COUNTY... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO ANGOLA... AT 130 AM EST...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA WAS RECEIVING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS. SO FAR WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO 60 MILES AN HOUR IN SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY ACCORDING TO AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS. . PEOPLE IN MARION COUNTY SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THESE DANGEROUS STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. STEIGERWALDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper, Newton | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 10:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 10:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper, Newton | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 10:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jasper | 20 min |
| Apr 26, 10:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pulaski, Starke | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 11:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 11:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Newton | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 11:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton, Warren | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 11:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 11:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pulaski, Starke | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 12:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 12:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 12:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 12:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 12:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 12:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 12:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 12:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 1:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 1:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 1:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Madison | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 3:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Dubois | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 4:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson, Pike | 53 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.