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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Northern Indiana

July 2, 1994Wabash County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1994, 11:42 AM EST for Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1994, 11:42 AM EST (16:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1994, 12:15 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Wabash County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 1994-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1424 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
1424 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 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

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, Jul 2, 8:14 AM EST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:18 AM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
918 AM EST (1018 AM EDT) SAT JUL 2 1994

...A THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA THIS MORNING...

AT 915 AM EST/1015 AM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT
WAYNE BETWEEN BLUFFTON AND DECATUR INDIANA.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTAINED
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

BY 1015 AM EST/1115 AM EDT...THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL HAVE MOVED OUT OF
NORTHEAST INDIANA.

KOPSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:18 AM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-006-008-007-024-026-017-OHZ004-015-
001-021515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
918 AM EST (1018 AM EDT) SAT JUL 2 1994

...A THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA THIS MORNING...

AT 915 AM EST/1015 AM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT
WAYNE BETWEEN BLUFFTON AND DECATUR INDIANA.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTAINED
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

BY 1015 AM EST/1115 AM EDT...THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL HAVE MOVED OUT OF
NORTHEAST INDIANA.

KOPSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:04 AM EST, 38 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-006-008-007-024-026-017-OHZ004-015-
001-021715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
1104 AM EST (1204 PM EDT) SAT JUL 2 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING BACK INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA LATE THIS MORNING...

AT 1100 AM EST/1200 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES WEST OF WABASH INDIANA
OR 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTAINED VERY
HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

BY 1200 PM EST/100 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM 20
MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILE SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MARION INDIANA.

KOPSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:04 AM EST, 38 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-006-008-007-024-026-017-OHZ004-015-
001-021715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
1104 AM EST (1204 PM EDT) SAT JUL 2 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING BACK INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA LATE THIS MORNING...

AT 1100 AM EST/1200 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES WEST OF WABASH INDIANA
OR 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTAINED VERY
HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

BY 1200 PM EST/100 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM 20
MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILE SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MARION INDIANA.

KOPSKY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 1:11 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXWells34 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.