Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1994, 5:35 PM EST for Hamilton County, Hendricks County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1994, 5:35 PM EST (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1994, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hamilton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KIND 242236 RRA SVRIND INC057-063-097-242315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 535 PM EST TUE MAY 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY...EASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY ...MARION COUNTY AT 530 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH BOONE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST. SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN BOONE COUNTY AFTER 515 PM 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. MES &
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, May 24, 12:45 PM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
INZ002>049-260000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1245 PM EST TUE MAY 24 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA... THE WATCH IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROCKVILLE TO JUST NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS AND RICHMOND AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GARY TO 15 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE LAFAYETTE...MARION...FORT WAYNE ...RENSSELAER...KOKOMO...CRAWFORDSVILLE AND MUNCIE. 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. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES /
Special weather statement, May 24, 3:14 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
INZALL-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 313 PM EST TUE MAY 24 1994 IN INDIANA THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO 10 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...ANGOLA... RENSSELAER...LAFAYETTE...LOGANSPORT...KOKOMO AND FORT WAYNE. 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
Special weather statement, May 24, 3:51 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
INZ010-011-013-019-020-021-022-028-029-242200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 350 PM EST TUE MAY 24 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...ANGOLA... RENSSELAER...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO AND FORT WAYNE. AT 345 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 30 TO 40 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.8 PRICE
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:05 PM EST, 30 minutes before
INZALL-250400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 505 PM EST TUE MAY 24 1993 IN INDIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORROCCO WHICH IS 45 NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO A POINT 25 MILES NE OF BLUFFTON AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENSBURG IN DECATUR COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... LAFAYETTE...MUNCIE...KOKOMO...MARION... INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE...COLUMBUS AND BLOOMINGTON. 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. KOLDITZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 51 min |
| May 24, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe | 46 min |
| May 24, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 52 min |
| May 24, 4:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vermillion | 32 min |
| May 24, 5:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 26 min |
| May 24, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 36 min |
| May 24, 5:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 32 min |
| May 24, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 31 min |
| May 24, 6:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 36 min |
| May 24, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.