Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1994, 5:52 PM EST for Blackford County, Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1994, 5:52 PM EST (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1994, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Blackford County, IN, Wells County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 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 242256 RRA SVRFWA INC009-179-242345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 552 PM EST TUE MAY 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST INDIANA ...BLACKFORD COUNTY...SOUTHERN WELLS COUNTY AT 553 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARION INDIANA TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND CONTAINED DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. BY 615 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH HARTFORD CITY INDIANA. AT 548 PM EST THE GRANT COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF GRANT COUNTY AND LARGE HAIL AT 500 W AND 500S. 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. MARSHALL &
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, May 24, 3:37 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-006-008-007-024-026-017-242130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 337 PM EST TUE MAY 24 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... AT 330 PM EST...THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST INDIANA OR EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AROUND WABASH AND NORTH MANCHESTER...30 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE...BY 545 PM EST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTHEAST INDIANA SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. RACY CORRECTED TYPOS
Special weather statement, May 24, 4:04 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
INZ003>005-012>016-242200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 400 PM EST TUE MAY 24 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST/CDT... AT 356 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A 15 MILE WIDE LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF WARSAW...THROUGH RENSSELAER INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS PULASKI AND FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 5 PM EST...AND SLOWLY SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY. AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA...BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, May 24, 4:17 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-006-008-007-024-026-017-242330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 416 PM EST TUE MAY 24 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... AT 412 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE TO THE ILLINOIS STATE LINE. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THESE STORMS HAD DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL. BY 5 PM EST...THE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 15 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE TO THE ILLINOIS STATE LINE. SOME TOWNS WITH STORMS WILL BE ROANOKE...NORTH MANCHESTER AND WABASH INDIANA. PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTHEAST INDIANA SHOULD KEEP A ZWEATHER EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. > WITSAMAN
Special weather statement, May 24, 4:44 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
INZ003>005-012>016-242230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 441 PM EST TUE MAY 24 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:06 PM EST, 46 minutes before
INZ003>005-012>016-242345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 504 PM EST TUE MAY 24 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 500 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF ROCHESTER INDIANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PUSH ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY BETWEEN 510 AND 545 PM EST. AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH YOUR AREA...BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD STAY SOUTH OF THE WINAMAC AND ROCHESTER AREAS. IF STORMS DO OCCUR..THEY SHOULD NOT BE SEVERE. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:12 PM EST, 40 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-006-008-007-024-026-017-242330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 510 PM EST TUE MAY 24 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST AND FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 508 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 55 MILES WEST OF MARION INDIANA. ANOTHER STORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION OR NEAR REDKEY INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THEY CONTAINED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL. BY 6 PM EST...STORMS WILL EXTEND WEST OF A LINE FROM FORT WAYNE TO 30 MILES WEST OF MARION. ANOTHER STORM WILL BE 50 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE OR AROUND PORTLAND INDIANA. SOME OTHER INDIANA TOWNS WITH STORMS WILL BE HUNTINGTON AND WABASH. PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. WITSAMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 48 min |
| May 24, 6:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 38 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.