Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 2:01 PM EST for Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1994, 2:01 PM EST (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1994, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 44 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, 7.0 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 121901 RRA SVRIND INC063-121945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 201 PM EST SUN JUN 12 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...HENDRICKS COUNTY AT 2 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 25 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS NEAR NEW WINCHESTER. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DANVILLE AND PLAINFIELD. 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 COVERS THE ROAD. ELSON
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, 3 hours 4 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, 3 hours 4 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, 1:32 PM EST, 29 minutes before
INZALL-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 132 PM EST SUN JUN 12 1993 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 35 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF VINCENNES TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... ANDERSON...MUNCIE...TERRE HAUTE... INDIANAPOLIS...RICHMOND...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD AND SEYMOUR. 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 WARNINGS. 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, 1:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 54 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.