Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1994, 1:31 PM EST for Whitley County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 1:31 PM EST (18:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Whitley County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
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 5, 9:43 AM EST, 3 hours 48 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 5 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, 10:27 AM EST, 3 hours 4 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, 3 hours 1 minute 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 59 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 5 minutes 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, 1:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash | 49 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.