Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 1:28 PM EST for Cass County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1994, 1:28 PM EST (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1994, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cass County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 251828 RRA SVRIND INC017-251915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 128 PM EST WED MAY 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...CASS COUNTY AT 125 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF LOGANSPORT MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOrUR 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. PRICE
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 25, 12:50 PM EST, 38 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 L<ATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 12:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 44 min |
| May 25, 12:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fulton, Pulaski | 59 min |
| May 25, 12:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton, Tippecanoe | 26 min |
| May 25, 12:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 46 min |
| May 25, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 57 min |
| May 25, 3:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 68 min |
| May 25, 3:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton | 37 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.