Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 1997, 9:23 AM EST for Fayette County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 1997, 9:23 AM EST (14:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 1997, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, IN, Wayne County, IN
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1012 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 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 KILN 211425 RRA SVRILN INC041-177-211500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 923 AM EST FRI FEB 21 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...FAYETTE COUNTY ...WAYNE COUNTY AT 921 AM EST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON DOPPLER RADAR STRETCHING FROM MUNCIE INDIANA...DOWN TO GREENSBURG INDIANA. THESE STORMS WILL ENTER THE WESTERN EDGE OF THESE COUNTIES BY 925 AM EST. THESE STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF... CONNERSVILLE AND CAMBRIDGE CITY BY 940 AM. AND RICHMOND AND FOUNTAIN CITY BY 10 AM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS SINCE THEY CAN EASILY SHATTER IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR APPLIANCES UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. MMD
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.
NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 21, 9:08 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 9:08 AM EST, 15 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 907 AM EST FRI FEB 21 1997 SVR TSTM WATCH #59 IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM FOR DAY-CVG AREAS. 13Z SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED A LOW ACROSS NERN MO WITH A WARM FNT EXTENDING INTO MI AND A CDFNT TO THE GULF COAST. SQUALL LINE HAD DEVELOPED AND MOVG EWD. KILN VAD WIND PROFILE SHOWS UP TO 85 KTS WITHIN 3000 FT OF THE SFC. INSTABILITY MARGINAL ATTM...BUT MODELS PROUDUCE MODERATE INSTABILITY BY 00Z SAT WITH A MID LEVEL DRY PUNCH FCST TO MOVE OVR AREA. FIRST LINE CAPABLE OF WIND DAMAGE THIS AM THRU EARLY PM. XPCT SECOND AREA OF TSRA TO DEVELOP LATER IN PM...WHICH COULD BECOME SVR ALSO AS H8 WINDS STAY 60+ KNTS. CURRENT PM HIGHS LOOK <REASONABLE. WILKINSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 7:20 AM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082- 088-KYZ089>100-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-212000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 720 AM EST FRI FEB 21 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. THE SOUTHERN AREAS MAINLY FROM RICHMOND TO DAYTON TO COLUMBUS SOUTH HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF RECEIVING SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS OVER 58 MPH AND 3/4 INCH OR LARGER HAIL. SPOTTER AND AMATEUR RADIO NETWORK ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. FARINA
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 7:21 AM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082- 088-KYZ089>100-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-212000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 720 AM EST FRI FEB 21 1997 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. THE SOUTHERN AREAS MAINLY FROM RICHMOND TO DAYTON TO COLUMBUS SOUTH HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF RECEIVING SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS OVER 58 MPH AND 3/4 INCH OR LARGER HAIL. SPOTTER AND AMATEUR RADIO NETWORK ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. FARINA
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 9:05 AM EST, 18 minutes before
INZ074-058-066-075-073-080-059-050-OHZ079-070-052-053-078-072-042- 063-062-077-080-051-061-060-071-KYZ091-097-093-089-090-095-092- 099-094-096-201-211800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 907 AM EST FRI FEB 21 1997 ....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO...THE MIAMI VALLEY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA... A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHES FROM INDIANAPOLIS DOWN THROUGH THE CENTRAL PART OF KENTUCKY WILL BE RACING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 1 PM EST. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES ALL THE CINCINNATI AREA...AS WELL AS RICHMOND AND DAYTON...AS WELL AS AREAS JUST TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF COLUMBUS. THIS EARLY SEASON SQUALL LINE IS MOVING EASTWARD AT ROUGHLY 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE WILL REACH THE DAYTON AND CINCINNATI METRO AREAS BY 1030 AM. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS ARE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR. FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION... PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE. DANGELO/WILKINSON 6
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 9:07 AM EST, 16 minutes before
INZ074-058-066-075-073-080-059-050-OHZ079-070-052-053-078-072-042- 063-062-077-080-051-061-060-071-KYZ091-097-093-089-090-095-092- 099-094-096-201-211800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 907 AM EST FRI FEB 21 1997 ....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO...THE MIAMI VALLEY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA... A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHES FROM INDIANAPOLIS DOWN THROUGH THE CENTRAL PART OF KENTUCKY WILL BE RACING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 1 PM EST. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES ALL THE CINCINNATI AREA...AS WELL AS RICHMOND AND DAYTON...AS WELL AS AREAS JUST TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF COLUMBUS. THIS EARLY SEASON SQUALL LINE IS MOVING EASTWARD AT ROUGHLY 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE WILL REACH THE DAYTON AND CINCINNATI METRO AREAS BY 1030 AM. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS ARE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR. FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION... PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE. DANGELO/WILKINSON
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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.