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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 24, 1994Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1994, 5:43 PM EST for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1994, 5:43 PM EST (22:43 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1994, 6:15 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 12:00Z on 1994-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1994-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 242243
TORIND
INC095-242315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
543 PM EST TUE MAY 24 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 540 PM A COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED A TORNADO IN MADISON
NEAR ELWOOD. THIS TORNADO IS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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 F*LOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 3:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarren51 min
May 24, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe46 min
May 24, 4:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery52 min
May 24, 4:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVermillion32 min
May 24, 5:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone26 min
May 24, 5:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton36 min
May 24, 5:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hendricks, Marion40 min
May 24, 5:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock31 min
May 24, 6:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Randolph36 min
May 24, 6:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry30 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.