Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 1994, 5:21 PM EST for Kosciusko County, Marshall County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 1994, 5:21 PM EST (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1994, 5:55 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kosciusko County, IN, Marshall County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 KSBN 082222 TORSBN INC085-099-082315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 521 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...KOSCIUSKO COUNTY...EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY AT 515 PM EST...A CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN OF A TORNADO WAS RELAYED BY THE MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF ETNA GREEN. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE...ATWOOD...PALESTINE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. SPRIGGS &
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, 2 hours 19 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, 2 hours 16 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 36 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 33 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, 36 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, 33 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, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Warren | 26 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.