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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 26, 1994Jasper County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1994, 10:44 PM CDT for Jasper County, Indiana. It was in force for 20 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1994, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1994, 11:04 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Jasper County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 276 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1994-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 981 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1994-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
981 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 270344
TORIND
INC073-270404-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1044 PM EST TUE APR 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1105 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...EASTERN JASPER COUNTY
 
AT 1040 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF RENSSELAER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN
HOUR AND MAY AFFECT THE TOWNS OF MOODY AND NEWLAND.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJasper, Newton52 min
Apr 26, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte52 min
Apr 26, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJasper, Newton26 min
Apr 26, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPulaski, Starke58 min
Apr 26, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall57 min
Apr 26, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDNewton39 min
Apr 26, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBenton, Warren34 min
Apr 26, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart43 min
Apr 26, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPulaski, Starke48 min
Apr 27, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion28 min
Apr 27, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe26 min
Apr 27, 12:12 AM CDTTornado WarningINDTippecanoe33 min
Apr 27, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll26 min
Apr 27, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox40 min
Apr 27, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan, Vigo39 min
Apr 27, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton35 min
Apr 27, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen28 min
Apr 27, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion34 min
Apr 27, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Shelby34 min
Apr 27, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Madison35 min
Apr 27, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette39 min
Apr 27, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDubois29 min
Apr 27, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGibson, Pike53 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.