Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 9:56 PM EST for Greene County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1994, 9:56 PM EST (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1994, 10:30 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greene County, IN, Owen County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1404 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KIND 130256 RRA SVRIND INC055-119-130330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 956 PM EST SUN JUN 12 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...OWEN COUNTY AT 955 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF LINTON IN GREENE COUNTY. THE LINTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ESTIMATED WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR AROUND 950 PM EST. 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. &
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, 5:59 PM EST, 3 hours 57 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 EST, 3 hours 57 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 EST, 2 hours 31 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
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 9:29 PM EST, 27 minutes before
INZ060-130330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 929 PM EST SUN JUN 12 1994 AT 9:20 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO INDIANA BETWEEN TERRE HAUTE AND VINCENNES. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE OVER SULLIVAN COUNTY...ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. MES
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 9:29 PM EST, 27 minutes before
INZ060-130330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 929 PM EST SUN JUN 12 1994 AT 9:20 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO INDIANA BETWEEN TERRE HAUTE AND VINCENNES. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE OVER SULLIVAN COUNTY...ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. MES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 10:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 4:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 5:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart, LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko, Marshall | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 6:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko, Marshall | 50 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.