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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1997, 7:26 PM EST for Daviess County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 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, 7:26 PM EST (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1997, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Daviess County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:45 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington, 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, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 290028 SVRIND INC027-290115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 726 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA ...DAVIESS COUNTY AT 725 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH WASHINGTON BY 745 AND SHOULD BE NEAR LOGOOTTEE BY 815 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NOX ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. EDDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock | 68 min |
| Mar 28, 7:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 7:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 7:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 7:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 8:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 8:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Rush | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 8:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, Miami | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 8:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 8:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur | 52 min |
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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.