Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 7:42 AM EST for Parke County, Vermillion County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 7:42 AM EST (12:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 8:15 AM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 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 151243 SVRIND INC121-165-167-151315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 742 AM EST FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...PARKE COUNTY...SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY...NORTHERN VIGO COUNTY AT 730 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APP\LIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Apr 15, 4:53 AM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
INZ002>089-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 450 AM EST FRI APR 15 1994 ...WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS INDIANA TODAY... HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 6:11 AM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
INZ001-003-010>013-019-020-151215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 610 AM EST FRI APR 15 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA... AT 605 AM EST RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 30 MILES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF LAFAYATTE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOWLER IN BENTON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR.* THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:19 AM EST, 23 minutes before
INZALL-151700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 715 AM EST FRI APR 15 1993 IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM CDT AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO SHOALS TO 5 MILES WEST OF TELL CITY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... EVANSVILLE...PRINCETON...JASPER... BOONEVILLE AND MOUNT VERNON. 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 WAR NINGS. JEH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Posey, Vanderburgh | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 7:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Putnam | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 8:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 8:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 8:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Spencer | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 9:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 9:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Madison | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 9:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jennings, Shelby | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 9:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 9:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 39 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.