Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1994, 1:26 PM EST for Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 1:26 PM EST (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 49 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, 6.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1028 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 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 051826 RRA SVRFWA INC169-051915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 126 PM EST TUE JUL 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST INDIANA ...WABASH COUNTY AT 125 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION INDIANA OR 10 MILES WEST OF WABASH INDIANA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. BY 2 PM EST...THE STORM WILL HAVE PASSED NEAR WABASH. THIS STORM HAD DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 5, 9:43 AM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-008-024-026-017-OHZ004-015-001-051531- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 942 AM EST TUE JUL 5 1994 ...WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF NORTHEAST INDINA... AT 940 AM EST/1040 EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST TO 15 MILES EAST OF FORT WAYNE. THE STORMS HAD WEAKENED BUT THEY STILL CONTAINED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. BY 1030 AM EST/1130 AM EDT...STORMS WILL HAVE MOVED OUT OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND BE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. THERE WILL BE WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN NORTHEAST INDIANA...MA(INLY NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. WITSAMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 10:26 AM EST, 3 hours before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-008-024-026-017-OHZ004-015-001-051631- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 1026 AM EST TUE JUL 5 1994 ...WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS LINGERED BETWEEN 40 MILES NORTH AND 30 MILES EAST OF FORT WAYNE... AT 1022 AM EST/1122 EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE AROUND ANGOLA INDIANA AND DEFIANCE OHIO. THE STORMS CONTINUED TO WEAKEN BUT THEY STILL CONTAINED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. BY 11 AM EST/NOON EDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE 35 TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE BETWEEN EDGERTON AND WEST UNITY OHIO. WITSAMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 10:27 AM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-008-024-026-017-OHZ004-015-001-051631- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 1026 AM EST TUE JUL 5 1994 ...WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS LINGERED BETWEEN 40 MILES NORTH AND 30 MILES EAST OF FORT WAYNE... AT 1022 AM EST/1122 EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE AROUND ANGOLA INDIANA AND DEFIANCE OHIO. THE STORMS CONTINUED TO WEAKEN BUT THEY STILL CONTAINED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. BY 11 AM EST/NOON EDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE 35 TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE BETWEEN EDGERTON AND WEST UNITY OHIO. WITSAMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 10:30 AM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
MIZ077>079-051535-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
1030 AM EST TUE JUL 05 1994
...MORE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MICHIANA...
AT 1020 AM EST/1120 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
HAD DEVELOPED BETWEEN PINE LAKE AND SPRINGVILLE AND NEAR FISH LAKE
IN LA PORTE COUNTY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTENING.
MOVE IN DOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE
STORMS.
SIMMONSSpecial weather statement, Jul 5, 10:32 AM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
MIZ077>079-051535-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
1030 AM EST TUE JUL 05 1994
...MORE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MICHIANA...
AT 1020 AM EST/1120 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
HAD DEVELOPED BETWEEN PINE LAKE AND SPRINGVILLE AND NEAR FISH LAKE
IN LA PORTE COUNTY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTENING".
MOVE IN DOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE
STORMS.
SIMMONSSpecial weather statement, Jul 5, 12:26 PM EST, 1 hour before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-008-024-026-017-OHZ004-015-001-051820- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 1225 PM EST TUE JUL 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE AND MOVING INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 1222 PM EST...STRONG STORMS WERE 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THEY CONTAINED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. BY 1 PM EST...THE STORMS WILL HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA AND BE WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST TO 35 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE. STORMS WILL BE NEAR NORTH MANCHESTER...COLUMBIA CITY AND CHAIN-O-LAKES STATE PARK INDIANA. WITSAMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 1:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Whitley | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 50 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.