Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1994, 1:11 PM EST for Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1994, 1:11 PM EST (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1994, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wells County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFWA 021813 COR TORFWA INC179-021845- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING..CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 111 PM EST SAT JUL 2 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST INDIANA ...SOUTHERN WELLS COUNTY AT 110 PM EST A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN SOUTHWEST WELLS COUNTY BY THE STATE POLICE OF INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWN OF DOMESTIC BY 120 PM EST. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. RACY CORRECTED SOUTHWESTERN WELLS TO SOUTHERN WELLS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 2, 9:18 AM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-006-008-007-024-026-017-OHZ004-015- 001-021515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 918 AM EST (1018 AM EDT) SAT JUL 2 1994 ...A THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA THIS MORNING... AT 915 AM EST/1015 AM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE BETWEEN BLUFFTON AND DECATUR INDIANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BY 1015 AM EST/1115 AM EDT...THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL HAVE MOVED OUT OF NORTHEAST INDIANA. KOPSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:18 AM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-006-008-007-024-026-017-OHZ004-015- 001-021515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 918 AM EST (1018 AM EDT) SAT JUL 2 1994 ...A THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA THIS MORNING... AT 915 AM EST/1015 AM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE BETWEEN BLUFFTON AND DECATUR INDIANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BY 1015 AM EST/1115 AM EDT...THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL HAVE MOVED OUT OF NORTHEAST INDIANA. KOPSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:04 AM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-006-008-007-024-026-017-OHZ004-015- 001-021715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 1104 AM EST (1204 PM EDT) SAT JUL 2 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING BACK INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA LATE THIS MORNING... AT 1100 AM EST/1200 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES WEST OF WABASH INDIANA OR 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BY 1200 PM EST/100 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILE SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION INDIANA. KOPSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:04 AM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-006-008-007-024-026-017-OHZ004-015- 001-021715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 1104 AM EST (1204 PM EDT) SAT JUL 2 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING BACK INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA LATE THIS MORNING... AT 1100 AM EST/1200 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES WEST OF WABASH INDIANA OR 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BY 1200 PM EST/100 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILE SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION INDIANA. KOPSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:27 PM EST, 44 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-008-024-026-017-OHZ004-015-001-021830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 1227 PM EST (127 PM EDT) SAT JUL 2 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 600 PM EST... AT 1225 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE NEAR NORTH MANCHESTER TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE NEAR BLUFFTON TO 35 MILES EAST OF MARION INDIANA NEAR PORTLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND CONTAINED WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...1/2 INCH HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BY 100 PM EST...STRONG STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE NEAR ROANOKE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE NEAR DECATUR. SEEK INSIDE SHELTER AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. RACY
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:27 PM EST, 44 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-009-032-025-034-008-024-026-017-OHZ004-015-001-021830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 1227 PM EST (127 PM EDT) SAT JUL 2 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 600 PM EST... AT 1225 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE NEAR NORTH MANCHESTER TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE NEAR BLUFFTON TO 35 MILES EAST OF MARION INDIANA NEAR PORTLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND CONTAINED WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...1/2 INCH HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BY 100 PM EST...STRONG STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE NEAR ROANOKE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE NEAR DECATUR. SEEK INSIDE SHELTER AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. RACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 11:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash | 33 min |
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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.