Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 4:22 PM EST for Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1994, 4:22 PM EST (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1994, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 122123 RRA SVRIND INC133-122215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 422 PM EST SUN JUN 12 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...PUTNAM COUNTY AT 418 PM EST RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN PUTNAM COUNTY. THE MOST INTENSE STORM WAS NEAR MORTON...20 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. ANOTHER VERY STRONG STORM WAS NEAR HOOSIER HIGHLANDS...WHICH IS 25 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE FINCASTLE AND PUTNAMVILLE. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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, 5 hours 25 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, 5 hours 25 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, 2 hours 50 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
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:13 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
INZALL-122215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 313 PM EST (313 PM CDT) SUN JUN 12 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST... AT 310 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENEDED EAST TO WEST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA...WITH SCATTERED STORMS FURTHER SOUTH. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TAKE COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:13 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
INZALL-122215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 313 PM EST (313 PM CDT) SUN JUN 12 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST... AT 310 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENEDED EAST TO WEST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA...WITH SCATTERED STORMS FURTHER SOUTH. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TAKE COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. ELSON
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, 2:01 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, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 47 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.