Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1997, 5:03 PM EST for Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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
- Mar 28, 1997, 5:03 PM EST (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1997, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
668 WUUS1 KIND 282207 RRA SVRIND INC133-282245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 503 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...PUTNAM COUNTY AT 500PM SEVERAL SEVERE WEATHER OBSERVERS HAVE REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL IN SOUTHWEST PUTNAM COUNTY ABOUT 45 MILES WEST SOUTH WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR GREENCASTLE AND ALONG STATE ROUTE 40. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. & HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 53 min |
| Mar 28, 5:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 5:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 56 min |
| Mar 28, 6:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 69 min |
| Mar 28, 6:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 6:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 63 min |
| Mar 28, 6:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Marion | 32 min |
| Mar 28, 6:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 6:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 55 min |
| Mar 28, 6:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 69 min |
| Mar 28, 6:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.