Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 12:49 PM EST for Boone County, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1994, 12:49 PM EST (17:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1994, 1:30 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boone County, IN, Montgomery County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 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 121753 RRA SVRIND INC011-107-091830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1249 PM EST SUN JUN 12 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 12:45 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AROUND 30 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 LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERSv THE ROAD. MES
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, Jun 12, 10:57 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
INZ039>041-047>049-121700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1057 AM EST SUN JUN 12 1994 AT 1055 AM EST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...JUST EAST OF NOBLESVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS ALSO PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS ANDERSON TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE BY 1145 AM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO CONTINUE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 10:57 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
INZ039>041-047>049-121700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1057 AM EST SUN JUN 12 1994 AT 1055 AM EST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...JUST EAST OF NOBLESVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS ALSO PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS ANDERSON TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE BY 1145 AM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO CONTINUE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. ZIMMERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 2:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 2:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 3:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Morgan | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 47 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.