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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 2, 1997Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1997, 4:24 PM EST for Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 2, 1997, 4:24 PM EST (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1997, 5:10 PM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 4:40 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Countywide, INNumerous trees and power lines downed.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 2, 1:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1997-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 88 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1997-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
88 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KILN 022124 RRA
TORILN
INC177-022210-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
524 PM EDT (424 PM EST) WED JUL 2 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 510 PM EST (610 PM EDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 420 PM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON
DOPPLER RADAR 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND...
        I-70 AT MILE MARKER 135 BY 433 PM EST
        I-70 AT MILE MARKER 140 BY 443 PM EST
        GREENS FORK             BY 443 PM EST

NUMEROUS TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WEST OF WAYNE COUNTY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...A BASEMENT OR STORM CELLAR
OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY
FURNITURE. A GOOD ALTERNATIVE SHELTER IS AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSEST ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 5:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.