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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 7, 1991Jasper County, White County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1991, 8:28 PM CDT for Jasper County, White County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1991, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1991, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, IN, White County, IN

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 7, 2:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
INZALL-080300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
254 PM EST SUN JUL 7 1991

IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST AND
INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...

NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF GARY TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GARY TO 20 MILES WEST OF SOUTH BEND.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...GARY...MERRILLVILLE...VALPARIASO...LAPORTE
AND MICHIGAN CITY.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIOHNS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

PRICE
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
INZALL-080000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
445 PM EST SUN JUL 7 1991

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR THE EXTREME NORTHWEST
CORNER OF INDIANA.

AT 440 PM EST...THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST INDIANA BUT
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CHICAGO TO MARSEILLES. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL BEGIN
TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA BETWEEN 500 AND 600 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF INTENSE RAIN...WINDS GUSTING TO 60
MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO.

USE EXTEME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING IN NORTHWEST INDIANA TONIGHT. BE ALERT
FOR RAIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 6:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
INZALL-080000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
615 PM EST SUN JUL 7 1991

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN
HALF OF INDIANA.

AT 610 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EXTREME NORTHWEST
INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS GUSTING
FROM 40 TO 60 MILES AND HOUR AND HALF INCH HAIL. IF THE HAIL OCCURS WITH
VERY HIGH WINDS IT CAN BE VERY DAMAGING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.

USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING IN NORTHWEST INDIANA TONIGHT. BE
ALERT FOR RAIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR
YOUR AREA TAKE COVER IN A SAFE STRUCTUR<E IMMEDIATLY.
HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 6:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
INZALL-080000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
615 PM EST SUN JUL 7 1991

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN
HALF OF INDIANA.

AT 610 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EXTREME NORTHWEST
INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS GUSTING
FROM 40 TO 60 MILES AND HOUR AND HALF INCH HAIL. IF THE HAIL OCCURS WITH
VERY HIGH WINDS IT CAN BE VERY DAMAGING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THEY MAY
MOVE INTO NEWTON COUNTY BY 700 PM.

USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING IN NORTHWEST INDIANA TONIGHT. BE
ALERT FOR RAIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF AF WARNING IS ISSUED FOR
YOUR AREA TAKE COVER IN A SAFE STRUCTURE IMMEDIATLY.
HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJasper, Newton37 min
Jul 7, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPulaski42 min
Jul 7, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte53 min
Jul 7, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarshall52 min
Jul 7, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte42 min
Jul 7, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko42 min
Jul 7, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarshall69 min
Jul 7, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte69 min
Jul 7, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko40 min
Jul 8, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDStarke45 min
Jul 8, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPulaski49 min
Jul 8, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFulton54 min
Jul 8, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, White49 min
Jul 8, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPulaski28 min
Jul 8, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Tipton51 min
Jul 8, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush36 min
Jul 8, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur41 min
Jul 8, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings27 min
Jul 8, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence30 min
Jul 8, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry37 min
Jul 8, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPerry26 min
Jul 8, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSpencer40 min
Jul 8, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGrayson, Ohio51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.