Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1997, 8:42 PM EST for Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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, 8:42 PM EST (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1997, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jennings County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 8:50 PM EST | Hail 1.25 | Scipio, IN | |
| Mar 28, 8:50 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | North Vernon, 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
000 TTAA00 KIND 290147 RRA SVRIND INC079-290230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 842 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA ...JENNINGS COUNTY AT 845 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH VERNON AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. AT 838 PM HAIL GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SCIPIO BY POLICE OFFICERS. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH VERNON AND BREWERSVILLE BY 915 PM. STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADbO 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. EDDY &
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, 2 hours 7 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, 2 hours 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 &
Local storm report, Mar 28, 7:06 PM EST, 1 hour 36 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
LCLocal storm report, Mar 28, 7:09 PM EST, 1 hour 33 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
LCSpecial weather statement, Mar 28, 8:03 PM EST, 39 minutes before
INZ019>092-290500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 803 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF INDIANA... AT 8 PM EST...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER ALL BUT THE EXTREME EASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. THESE STORMS HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE EVENING. THE TORNADO WATCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO...NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN IT IN A CAR. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. ADVANCE PLANNING DURING A WATCH IS ESSENTIAL. MAKE SURE YOUR FAMILY KNOWS WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED. 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, 7:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 7:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 7:40 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, 8:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur | 52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.