Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 4:42 AM CDT for Gibson County, Pike County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 4:42 AM CDT (09:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 5:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 2999 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 27, 12:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute 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 CDT, 3 hours 8 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
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 2:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
INZALL-271400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 300 AM EST WED APR 27 1993 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MADISON IN JEFFERSON COUNTY TO BATESVILLE IN RIPLEY COUNTY AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BATESVILLE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEBURG. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... MADISON AND LAWRENCEBURG. 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
INZALL-271400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 300 AM EST WED APR 27 1993 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO COLUMBUS IN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY AND WEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MADISON IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR... EVANSVILLE AND NORTH 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.
Local storm report, Apr 27, 3:58 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
358 AM EST WED APR 27 1994
STORM REPORTS FOR TUE APR 26 1994 AND WED APR 27 1994.
TIME /EST/ LOCATION REPORT
1000 PM NEWTON COUNTY PENNY SIZE HAIL...PUBLIC REPORT
1025 PM WESTERN JASPER 50-60 MPH WIND...POLICE REPORT
COUNTY
1201 AM JUST NORTH OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OBSERVED BY FAA
LAF AIRPORT OBSERVER
1203 AM NEAR LAFAYETTE VENETIAN BLIND FACTORY EXTENSIVELY
/APPROX/ DAMAGED...POSSIBLE TORNADO...ONE FATALITY
1205 AM NORTH SIDE OF STATE POLICE TOWER DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM
LAFAYETTE WINDS
1210 AM WEST LAFAYETTE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AT TRAILER PARK
POSSIBLE TORNADO...50 INJURIES...REPORTED
BY SEMA
1215 AM NORTH SIDE OF GAS STATION DAMAGED BY WINDS...WITH
LAFAYETTE EXPLOSION...AT SR 43 AND I-65...REPORTED
BY SEMA
1221 AM SULLIVAN ARPT WIND GUST TO 53 KNOTS
130 AM THOMPSON SUB- 60 MPH WIND GUST...HAM RADIO REPORT
STATION...
INDIANAPOLIS
140 AM ACTON TREE DOWN ON CAR...MINI-BARN MOVED...HAM
RADIO REPORT
140 AM HENRY COUNTY TREES/POWER LINES DOWN...TREES ON CARS
/APPROX/ REPORTS SCATTERED ACROSS COUNTY...LOCAL
POLICE
200 AM KNIGHTSTOWN TREE FELL ON HOUSE...BARN AND GARAGE
LOCAL POLICE REPORT
200 AM WILKINSON... MINI-BARN BLOWN DOWN...STATE POLICE
/APPROX/ HANCOCK CO. REPORT
210 AM PENDLETON TREES AND UTILITY POLES DOWNED...STATE
POLICE REPORT
210 AM PENDLETON PUBLIC REPORT OF LARGE HAIL
215 AM MOSCOW...RUSH BARN AND TREES DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM
COUNTY WINDS...PUBLIC REPORT
215 AM N OF NEW CASTLE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...LOCAL POLICE REPORT
224 AM SE OF NEW CASTLE 60 FT GARAGE DEMOLISHED...STATE POLICE
REPORT
225 AM ECONOMY...WAYNE FIRE DEPT. REPORT OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
COUNTY
244 AM WILLIAMSBURG... TREES DOWN...LOCAL POLICE REPORT
WAYNE COUNTY
247 AM LIBERTY... SEVERAL TREES DOWN...LOCAL POLICE REPORT
UNION COUNTY
250 AM NEAR CONNERS- TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...STATE POLICE
VILLE RELAYED REPORT
300 AM UNION CITY TREES DOWN...STATE POLICE RELAYED REPORT
RANDOLPH CO.Special weather statement, Apr 27, 4:30 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
INZ060>092-271030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 429 AM EST WED APR 27 1994 THE TORNADO WATCHES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF SEYMOUR TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO. SOUTH OF THAT LINE...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST. AT 425 AM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA...FROM NEAR LOUISVILLE KEN TUCKY TO NEAR CINCINNATI OHIO. ZIMMERMAN
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 CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper, Newton | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper, Newton | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jasper | 20 min |
| Apr 26, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pulaski, Starke | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Newton | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton, Warren | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pulaski, Starke | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Madison | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Dubois | 29 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.