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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 28, 1994Perry County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 1994, 4:08 PM EST for Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 22 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 1994, 4:08 PM EST (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 1994, 4:30 PM EST
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 214 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1994-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1994-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-408 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1344 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
314 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, Apr 28, 1:27 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
INZALL-290000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
125 PM EST THU APR 28 1993

IN INDIANA A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST AND INCLUDES
THAT PART OF INDIANA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO RICHMOND.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... EVANSVILLE...JASPER...VINCENNES...
COLUMBUS...SHELBYVILLE AND MADISON.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THdE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
JEH
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:23 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
INZALL-292100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
220 PM EST THU APR 28 1993

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
UNTIL 8 PM EST...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO RICHMOND.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... EVANSVILLE...JASPER...VINCENNES...
COLUMBUS...SHELBYVILLE AND MADISON.

AT 215 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA AND ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF THE STATE.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF
BLOOMINGTON TO 5 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF
LOGANSPORT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

EP
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:16 PM EST, 52 minutes before
INZALL-282200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
315 PM EST THU APR 28 1993

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
UNTIL 8 PM EST...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO RICHMOND.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... EVANSVILLE...JASPER...VINCENNES...
COLUMBUS...SHELBYVILLE AND MADISON.

AT 310 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEARLY ALL OF INdDIANA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED AROUND BEDFORD AND SEYMOUR.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MILES AN
HOUR.

EP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 3:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry35 min

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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.