Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1994, 9:02 PM EST for DeKalb County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 1994, 9:02 PM EST (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 1994, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County DeKalb County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 532 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 130202
SVRFWA
INC033-130230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
902 PM EST TUE APR 12 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
DEKALB
AT 858 PM EST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF
FORT WAYNE OR NEAR CEDARVILLE INDIANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL SINCE 830 PM EST.
PEOPLE IN THE AREA AROUND THE CITY OF AUBURN AND WATERLOO
SHOULD LOOK FOR SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR
WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE
STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LOOK FOR SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY
INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
HAYESWhat 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, Apr 12, 6:33 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
INZ004-005-MIZ078-079-130125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 630 PM EST TUE APR 12 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH MICHIANA THIS EVENING... AT 625 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA...TO 50 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA...OR 15 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PAW PAW MICHIGAN...TO JUST OVER EDWARDSBURG MICHIGAN. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AND HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UPON THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. GALLAGHER
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 7:14 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
INZ006>009-017-018-024>027-032>034-OHZ001-004-015-130115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 712 PM EST TUE APR 12 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 705 PM EST/805 EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT CONTAINED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. BY 815 PM EST OR 915 PM EDT...THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE LOCATED 50 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE OR NEAR HOWE IN LAGRANGE COUNTY INDIANA. STAY INSIDE AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS YOUR AREA OF NORTHEAST INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING ON A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF KOKOMO INDIANA TO NEAR GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. HAYES
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 7:52 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
INZ004-005-MIZ078-079-130245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 745 PM EST TUE APR 12 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH MICHIANA THIS EVENING... AT 740 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA...TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AND HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED PEA SIZE TO 1/2 INCH HAIL AS THEY MOVED THROUGH CASS COUNTY MICHIGAN AT 640 PM EST/740 PM EDT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE STRUCTURE AS THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GALLAGHER
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 8:35 PM EST, 27 minutes before
INZ004-005-MIZ078-079-130240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 835 PM EST TUE APR 12 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED THROUGH MICHIANA TONIGHT... AT 830 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED WEST OF THE MICHIANA REGION. THERE STILL IS A POSSIBILITY OF MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL MIDNIGHT. STAY TUNED TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE TELEVISION OR jRADIO STATION FOR UPDATES. GALLAGHER
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 8:42 PM EST, 20 minutes before
INZ004-005-MIZ078-079-130240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 835 PM EST TUE APR 12 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED THROUGH MICHIANA TONIGHT... AT 830 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF THE MICHIANA REGION. THERE STILL IS A POSSIBILITY OF MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL MIDNIGHT. STAY TUNED TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORIT|E TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR UPDATES. GALLAGHER ...CORRECTION FOR DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 8:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 37 min |
| Apr 12, 9:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Steuben | 32 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.