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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 28, 1997Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1997, 7:40 PM EST for Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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, 7:40 PM EST (00:40 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 1997, 8:15 PM EST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Martin County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 28, 7:50 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Loogootee, 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 223 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 290043 RRA
SVRIND
INC101-290115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
740 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
 
   ...MARTIN COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MARTIN COUNTY OF
SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 815 PM EST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED FROM
THE KNOX COUNTY AREA AT 40 MPH AND HAVE MOVED INTO THE WESTERN EDGE OF
MARTIN COUNTY AT 742 PM EST.
 
REPORTS OF HEAVY-DUTY ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMISSION TOWER BEING TOPPLED
IN THE MONROE CITY AREA OF KNOX COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL
OF DEADLY LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND VERY DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
 
BPRUITT
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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 6:35 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

INZ054-062-290000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
635 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997

AT 629 PM EST...AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTERS REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL ON
US37 JUST SOUTH OF THE MORGAN COUNTY LINE.

IF DANGEROUS WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE COVER.

CONLEY

&

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 6:37 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

INZ054-062-290000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
635 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997

AT 629 PM EST...AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTERS REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL ON
US37 JUST SOUTH OF THE MORGAN COUNTY LINE.

IF DANGEROUS WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE COVER.

CONLEY

&

Local storm report, Mar 28, 7:06 PM EST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
706 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

704 PM                                    HAIL
3/28/97    MONROE                    IN   NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED
LC

Local storm report, Mar 28, 7:09 PM EST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
706 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

704 PM                                    HAIL
3/28/97    MONROE                    IN   NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED
LC

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, 7:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess	49 min
Mar 28, 7:30 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Henry	60 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

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.