Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 7:23 PM CDT for Crawford County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1994, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1994, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 2334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1217 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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 KEVV 130024 RRA SVREVV ILC033-079-130130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 723 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...CRAWFORD COUNTY...JASPER COUNTY AT 722 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE...AND JUST NORTHWEST OF NEWTON ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL INTO THE HUTSONVILLE ILLINOIS AREA BY 8 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORM...TAKE COVER INSIDE A STRONG SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 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. ZIMMER
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, 1:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 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 CDT, 4 hours 10 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 CDT, 4 hours 10 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, 5:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
INZALL-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 559 PM EST SUN JUN 12 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST... AT 555 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED EAST TO WEST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR CRAWFORDSVILLE TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS... AND MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ELSON
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
INZALL-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 559 PM EST SUN JUN 12 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST... AT 555 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED EAST TO WEST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR CRAWFORDSVILLE TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS... AND MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ELSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Crawford | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 18 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.