Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 1994, 5:00 PM EST for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 1994, 5:00 PM EST (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1994, 5:26 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 082201 RRA TORIND INC171-082245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 500 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...WARREN COUNTY AT 500 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE INDIANA AND ILLINOIS STATE LINE 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS NEAR PENCE INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORM ASSOCIATED WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH TOWARD THE TOWN OF WILLIAMSPORT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEM ENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. GCL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Aug 8, 3:02 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
INC003>036-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 300 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER NORTH INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... THE WATCH IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. SEVERE STORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSzIBLE WARNINGS. AT 255 PM...A AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTH INDIANA FROM AROUND SOUTH BEND...ELKHART AND GOSHEN SOUTHWEST TOWARD WINAMAC. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD FORT WAYNE...WABASH AND LOGANSPORT. DS
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:05 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
INZ003>036-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 300 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER NORTH INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... THE WATCH IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. SEVERE STORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 255 PM...A AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTH INDIANA FROM AROUND SOUTH BEND...ELKHART AND GOSHEN SOUTHWEST TOWARD WINAMAC. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD FORT WAYNE...WABASH AND LOGANSPORT. DS ...CORRECTED COUNTY CODING...
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:45 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
INZ003>036-082200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER NORTH INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... AT 335PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTH INDIANA. STORMS WERE AROUND SOUTH BEND...ELKHART AND GOSHEN...JUST SOUTH OF WINAMAC AND FROM AROUND LAFAYETTE TOWARD DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST. THE STORMS HAVE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. MOVE INSIDE IF STORMS APROACH. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DS
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:48 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
INZ003>036-082200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER NORTH INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... AT 335PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTH INDIANA. STORMS WERE AROUND SOUTH BEND...ELKHART AND GOSHEN...JUST SOUTH OF WINAMAC AND FROM AROUND LAFAYETTE TOWARD DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST. THE STORMS HAVE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. MOVE INSIDE IF STORMS APROACH. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DS
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:45 PM EST, 15 minutes before
INZ003>044-082230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 445 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER NORTH INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... AT 445 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN INDIANA. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO NEAR SOUTH BEND AND FORT WAYNE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORMS HAVE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. MOVE INSIDE IF STORMS APROACH. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SBH
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:48 PM EST, 12 minutes before
INZ003>044-082230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 445 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER NORTH INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... AT 445 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN INDIANA. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO NEAR SOUTH BEND AND FORT WAYNE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORMS HAVE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. MOVE INSIDE IF STORMS APROACH. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SBH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 4:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Warren | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 5:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Kosciusko, Marshall | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 5:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 6:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, Miami | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 6:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 6:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Vigo | 31 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.