Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1994, 4:50 PM EST for LaGrange County, Noble County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1994, 4:50 PM EST (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1994, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties LaGrange County, IN, Noble County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 13, 3:11 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:45 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
INZ003>005-012>016-MIZ077>079-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 345 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM EDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST... AT 342 PM EST/442 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM MICHIGAN CITY TO THE GARY INDIANA AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST/NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN LAPORTE COUNTY IN INDIANA AND BERRIEN COUNTY MICHIGAN BETWEEN NOW AND 430 PM EST/530 PM EDT. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:47 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
INZ003>005-012>016-MIZ077>079-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 345 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 800 PM EDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST... AT 342 PM EST/442 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM MICHIGAN CITY TO THE GARY INDIANA AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST/NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN LAPORTE COUNTY IN INDIANA AND BERRIEN COUNTY MICHIGAN BETWEEN NOW AND 430 PM EST/530 PM EDT. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:15 PM EST, 35 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-006-008-007-024-026-017-OHZ004-015- 001-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 415 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST... AT 412 PM EST/512 PM EDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO NORTHEAST INDIANA BY 5 PM EST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF LAGRANGE INDIANA...55 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP. MARSHALL MARSHALL
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:15 PM EST, 35 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-006-008-007-024-026-017-OHZ004-015- 001-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 415 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST... AT 412 PM EST/512 PM EDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO NORTHEAST INDIANA BY 5 PM EST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF LAGRANGE INDIANA...55 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP. MARSHALL MARSHALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 5:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble, Whitley | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 6:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 44 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.