Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 1:06 PM EST for Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1994, 1:06 PM EST (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1994, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hendricks 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 198 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 WUUS1 KIND 121807 RRA SVRIND INC063-121900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 106 PM EST SUN JUN 12 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...NORTHERN HENDRICKS COUNTY AT 1:05 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST PUTNAM COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. PEA TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM THIS STORM IN ROACHDALE IN NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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, 2 hours 9 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, 2 hours 9 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, 12:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 41 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.