Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1994, 2:23 PM EST for Jay County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1994, 2:23 PM EST (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1994, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jay County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:55 PM EST | Tornado F1 | Jay, IN | The tornado touched down one tenth of a mile west of County Road 149 on County Road 150. The tornado moved northeast destroying a pole barn. It took the roof off a second barn and damaged the adjacent house. Power lines and trees were also blown down. Carr |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1259 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 3:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Jay | 23 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.