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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 1994Kosciusko County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 12:01 PM EST for Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1994, 12:01 PM EST (17:01 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1994, 12:45 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Kosciusko County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1994-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1994-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KSBN 251704 RRA
SVRSBN
INC085-251745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
1201 PM EST WED MAY 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY
 
AT 1155 AM EST A COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED 2 INCH DIAMETER
HAIL 4 MILES SOUTH OF WARSAW. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REPORTED MARBLE-SIZED
HAIL AT BURKET, 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARSAW. RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF KOSCIUSKO COUNTY
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 12:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFulton, Pulaski59 min
May 25, 12:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBenton, Tippecanoe26 min
May 25, 12:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe46 min
May 25, 1:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass47 min
May 25, 2:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTipton57 min
May 25, 3:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison68 min
May 25, 3:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton37 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.