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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 1994Benton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 12:34 PM EST for Benton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1994, 12:34 PM EST (17:34 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1994, 1:00 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Benton County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 255 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 KIND 251734 RRA
SVRIND
INC007-157-251800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1234 PM EST WED MAY 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...BENTON COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...TIPPECANOE COUNTY
 
AT 1232 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE IN EASTERN BENTON COUNTY.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
IN NORTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY. PEOPLE IN OCTAGON AND OTTERBEIN SHOULD
TAKE COVER NOW.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
SBH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 12:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko44 min
May 25, 12:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFulton, Pulaski59 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.