Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1997, 9:01 PM EST for Ohio County, Switzerland County, Indiana. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 1997, 9:01 PM EST (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1997, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ohio County, IN, Switzerland County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 9:45 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Bennington, IN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 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
- 275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
160 WUUS01 KILN 290201 RRA SVRILN INC115-155-290300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 901 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA ...OHIO COUNTY...SWITZERLAND COUNTY AT 900 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO ENTER THE WESTERN PARTS OF OHIO AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT ALL OF BOTH COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS THIS STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. WILKINSON
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 Mar 28, 8:20 PM EST, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 8:20 PM EST, 41 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 820 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997 EVENING SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED A LOW PRES ACROSS LMICH WITH A CDFNT TRAILING SWD ACROSS IL. BACK EDGE OF CONVECTION PRESENTLY APPROACHING THE IL-IN BORDER. NMRS REPORTS OF HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS SERN IN AND NRN KY IN OUR CWA. XPCT THIS TO CONTINUE ALONG WITH A WIND DAMAGE THREAT. CURRENT FCSTS HAVE THIS IN HAND. WILKINSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 3:10 PM EST, 5 hours 51 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>075-080-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 310 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997 ...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER LOCATED IN NORMAN...OKLAHOMA HAS INDICATED THAT A MODERATE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...EXTREME SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS OVER THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO...THE MIAMI VALLEY AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. AT MID AFTERNOON...A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WAS ORIENTED NORTH-SOUTH WAS PUSHING EAST INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY...SHOWS BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS OVER ILLINOIS...INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT. THESE BREAKS HAVE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S...CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THIS AREA OVER ILLNOIS...INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO EASTERN INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO...INCLUDING THE DAYTON AND CINCINNATI AREAS BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM AND INTO CENTRAL OHIO...INCLUDING THE COLUMBUS METRO AREA AFTER 9 PM. THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREAT APPEARS TO BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE IN THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREA...KEEP TRACK OF THE LATEST FORECAST AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 5:51 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
KYZ089-INZ050-058-059-066-073-290500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 551 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA AND CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY... SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...BROOKVILLE VERSAILLES AND CARROLLTON. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS KENTUCKY AND INDIANA. MANY OF THE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED LARGE HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE AND EVEN TORNADOES. RESIDENTS OF EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE WESTERN SKY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WILKINSON
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 7:18 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
OHZ042-051-053>055-060>064-070>073-077>082-088-KYZ090>100-290600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 718 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST SATURDAY FOR SOUTHWESTERN OHIO AND MUCH OF CENTRAL OHIO INCLUDING THE MIAMI VALLEY... SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE CINCINNATI...DAYTON...COLUMBUS AND PORTSMOUTH. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS KENTUCKY AND INDIANA. MANY OF THE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND A FEW HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE AND EVEN TORNADOES. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE WESTERN SKY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WILKINSON
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 7:21 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
OHZ042-051-053>055-060>064-070>073-077>082-088-KYZ090>100-290600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 718 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST SATURDAY FOR SOUTHWESTERN OHIO AND MUCH OF CENTRAL OHIO INCLUDING THE MIAMI VALLEY AS WELL AS MUCH OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY... SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE CINCINNATI...DAYTON...COLUMBUS AND PORTSMOUTH. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS KENTUCKY AND INDIANA. MANY OF THE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND A FEW HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE AND EVEN TORNADOES. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE WESTERN SKY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WILKINSON ...CORRECTED TO ADD NORTHERN KENTUCKY IN LEAD SENTENCE...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Switzerland | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 7:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 7:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ripley | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 8:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ohio, Switzerland | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 8:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 8:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 8:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Wayne | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 8:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 8:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Union | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.