Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1994, 3:55 PM EST for Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1994, 3:55 PM EST (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1994, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Perry County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 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 KEVV 282058 SVREVV INC123-282130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 355 PM CDT (355 PM EST) THU APR 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT (430 PM EST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...PERRY COUNTY AT 354PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE OHIO RIVER NEAR CANNELTON INDIANA...20 MILES NORTHEAST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR HAWESVILLE KENTUCKY AT 350 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND MOVE THROUGH CANNELTON BY 410 PM CDT AND TO NEAR DERBY INDIANA BY 415 PM CDT. 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 CONDITIO NS. BLOCK &
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 28, 1:27 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
INZALL-290000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 125 PM EST THU APR 28 1993 IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... EVANSVILLE...JASPER...VINCENNES... COLUMBUS...SHELBYVILLE AND MADISON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THdE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JEH
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:23 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
INZALL-292100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 220 PM EST THU APR 28 1993 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... EVANSVILLE...JASPER...VINCENNES... COLUMBUS...SHELBYVILLE AND MADISON. AT 215 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA AND ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF THE STATE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON TO 5 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF LOGANSPORT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. EP
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:16 PM EST, 39 minutes before
INZALL-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 315 PM EST THU APR 28 1993 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... EVANSVILLE...JASPER...VINCENNES... COLUMBUS...SHELBYVILLE AND MADISON. AT 310 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEARLY ALL OF INdDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED AROUND BEDFORD AND SEYMOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. EP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Perry | 22 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.