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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 6, 1994Fayette County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1994, 1:04 PM EST for Fayette County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1994, 1:04 PM EST (18:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1994, 1:45 PM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 1994-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 541 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 1994-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 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 
TTAA00 KIND 061805 RRA
SVRIND
INC041-061845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
104 PM EST MON JUN 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...FAYETTE COUNTY
 
AT 104 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST
OF CONNERSVILLE.
 
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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 LOWESzT FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
TMA

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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.