Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1994, 5:36 PM EST for Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 1994, 5:36 PM EST (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 1994, 6:09 PM EST
- In force
- 33 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, 10.6 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
- 1594 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 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 20, 4:30 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
INZ003>005-012>016-MIZ077>079-202200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 430 PM EST WED JUL 20 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EST/1000 PM EDT... AT 425 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER FULTON COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCHESTER...NEAR GRASS CREEK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ROCHESTER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT USE YOUR TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE REGION. SOME OF THESE MAY BE SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. . STREU
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:39 PM EST, 57 minutes before
INZ003>005-012>016-MIZ077>079-202200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 430 PM EST WED JUL 20 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EST/1000 PM EDT... AT 425 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER FULTON COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCHESTER...NEAR GRASS CREEK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ROCHESTER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT USE YOUR TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LATE THIS A:FTERNOON OVER THE REGION. SOME OF THESE MAY BE SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. . STREU
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:15 PM EST, 21 minutes before
INZ006>009-017-018-024>027-032>034-OHZ001-004-015-202330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 515 PM EST WED JUL 20 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST... AT 515 PM EST/615 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY TO MARION INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND THEY CONTAINED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. THE STONGEST OF THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORT WAYNE METRO AREA... OSSIAN AND BLUFFTON BY 7PM EST. BY 6 PM EST OR 7 PM EDT...THE STORMS WILL BE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE TO FORT WAYNE TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY. STAY INSIDE AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA. WITSAMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:20 PM EST, 16 minutes before
INZ003>005-012>016-MIZ077>079-202330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 520 PM EST WED JUL 20 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EST / 1000 PM EDT... AT 515 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 2 MILES EAST OF THOMASTON OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF LAPORTE TO 3 MILES NORTH OF ETNA GREEN OR 15 MILES EAST OF PLYMOUTH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT USE YOUR TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO xCONTINUE TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE REGION. SOME OF THESE MAY BE SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SPRIGGS
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:20 PM EST, 16 minutes before
INZ003>005-012>016-MIZ077>079-202330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 520 PM EST WED JUL 20 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 900 PM EST / 1000 PM EDT... AT 515 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 2 MILES EAST OF THOMASTON OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF LAPORTE TO 3 MILES NORTH OF ETNA GREEN OR 15 MILES EAST OF PLYMOUTH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT USE YOUR TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO xCONTINUE TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE REGION. SOME OF THESE MAY BE SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SPRIGGS
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:21 PM EST, 15 minutes before
INZ006>009-017-018-024>027-032>034-OHZ001-004-015-202330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 515 PM EST WED JUL 20 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST... AT 515 PM EST/615 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY TO MARION INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND THEY CONTAINED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. THE STONGEST OF THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORT WAYNE METRO AREA... OSSIAN AND BLUFFTON BY 7PM EST. BY 6 PM EST OR 7 PM EDT...THE STORMS WILL BE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROzM 20 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE TO FORT WAYNE TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY. STAY INSIDE AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA. WITSAMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 6:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Williams | 29 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.