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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 27, 1994Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1994, 12:12 AM EST for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1994, 12:12 AM EST (05:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 12:45 AM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Tippecanoe County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 270513
TORIND
INC157-270545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1212 AM EST WED APR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...TIPPECANOE COUNTY
 
AT 1208 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR
LAFAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED
WIND DAMAGE /A DOWNED TOWER/ FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
LAFAYETTE.
 
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.
 
ZIMMERMAN
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 9:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJasper, Newton52 min
Apr 26, 10:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte52 min
Apr 26, 10:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJasper, Newton26 min
Apr 26, 10:44 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJasper20 min
Apr 26, 10:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPulaski, Starke58 min
Apr 26, 11:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFulton, Kosciusko, Marshall57 min
Apr 26, 11:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDNewton39 min
Apr 26, 11:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBenton, Warren34 min
Apr 26, 11:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart43 min
Apr 26, 11:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPulaski, Starke48 min
Apr 27, 12:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion28 min
Apr 27, 12:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe26 min
Apr 27, 12:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll26 min
Apr 27, 12:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox40 min
Apr 27, 12:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan, Vigo39 min
Apr 27, 12:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton35 min
Apr 27, 12:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen28 min
Apr 27, 1:26 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion34 min
Apr 27, 1:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Shelby34 min
Apr 27, 1:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Madison35 min
Apr 27, 2:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette39 min
Apr 27, 3:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDubois29 min
Apr 27, 4:42 AM ESTSevere 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.