Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 8:34 PM CDT for Crawford County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1994, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1994, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 130135 RRA SVREVV ILC033-130200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 834 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ...CRAWFORD COUNTY AT 833 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF ROBINSON ILLINOIS...ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL REACH PALESTINE AND HUTSONVILLE ILLINOIS BEFORE 9 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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, 3:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 21 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, 5 hours 21 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, 2 hours 35 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, 2 hours 35 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, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
INZALL-130500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 725 PM EST SUN JUN 12 1993 IN INDIANA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS...VINCENNES... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...SHELBYVILLE...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR...MADISON AND JASPER. 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. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES WATCH NUMBER 403 THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. ZIMMERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Crawford, Jasper | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 18 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 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.