Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1994, 6:31 PM EST for Allen County, DeKalb County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1994, 6:31 PM EST (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1994, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KFWA 132333 RRA SVRFWA INC003-033-140015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 631 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST INDIANA ...NORTHERN ALLEN COUNTY...SOUTHERN DEKALB COUNTY AT 630 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AUBURN IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND CONTAINED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF HUNTERTOWN AND SPENCERVILLE SHOULD GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVES ACROSS THEIR COMMUNITIES. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MARSHALL
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, 3:45 PM EST, 2 hours 46 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, 2 hours 44 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, 2 hours 16 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, 2 hours 16 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, 5:25 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
INZ003>005-012>016-MIZ077>079-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 525 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST... BY 520 PM EST/620 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN COUNTIES...HOWEVER... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL CROSSING THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF INDIANA. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR CONTINUING UPDATES. SPRIGGS
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:25 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
INZ003>005-012>016-MIZ077>079-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 525 PM EST MON JUN 13 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST... BY 520 PM EST/620 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN COUNTIES...HOWEVER... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL CROSSING THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF INDIANA. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR CONTINUING UPDATES. SPRIGGS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Noble | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 5:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble, Whitley | 51 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.