Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1994, 2:10 PM EST for Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 2:10 PM EST (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allen County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 051910 RRA SVRFWA INC003-052000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 210 PM EST TUE JUL 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST INDIANA ...SOUTHERN ALLEN COUNTY AT 207 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. IT CONTAINED DAMAGING WINDS. BY 3 PM EST...THE STORM WILL HAVE PASSED THROUGH FORT WAYNE AND WAYNEDALE. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. WITSAMAN
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, 10:27 AM EST, 3 hours 43 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 40 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, 3 hours 38 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 44 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
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:00 PM EST, 10 minutes before
INZ012>016-MIZ077>079-052130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 200 PM EST TUE JUL 05 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STARKE...PULASKI.. MARSHALL...FULTON AND KOSCIUSKO IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 200 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MICHIANA REGION. THE SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM MISHAWAKA INDIANA TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WARSAW INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE CLAYPOOL AND SIDNEY INDIANA AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HIGH WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. 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. . CLICK
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:02 PM EST, 8 minutes before
INZ012>016-MIZ077>079-052130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 200 PM EST TUE JUL 05 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STARKE...PULASKI.. MARSHALL...FULTON AND KOSCIUSKO IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 200 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MICHIANA REGION. THE SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM MISHAWAKA INDIANA TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WARSAW INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE CLAYPOOL AND SIDNEY INDIANA AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HIGH WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. 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. . CLICK
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, 1:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Whitley | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.