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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 8, 1994Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 1994, 4:32 PM EST for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1994, 4:32 PM EST (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1994, 5:00 PM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Warren County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 273 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 1994-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 082132
TORIND
INC171-082200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
432 PM EST MON AUG 8 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...WARREN COUNTY
 
THE WARREN COUNTY SHERIFF RELAYED A PUBLIC REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD AT
PENCE...OR 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE...AT 425 PM EST.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
TOWNS OF CARBONDALE AND WILLIAMSPORT.
 
 
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.
 
SBH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 2:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDElkhart39 min
Aug 8, 5:00 PM ESTTornado WarningINDWarren26 min
Aug 8, 5:21 PM ESTTornado WarningINDKosciusko, Marshall34 min
Aug 8, 5:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami27 min
Aug 8, 6:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, Miami26 min
Aug 8, 6:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo49 min
Aug 8, 6:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion45 min
Aug 8, 6:59 PM ESTTornado WarningINDVigo31 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.