Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1997, 7:10 PM EST for Vigo 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
- Jun 25, 1997, 7:10 PM EST (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1997, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vigo County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:10 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Terre Haute, IN | Large tree limbs blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
785 WUUS1 KIND 260011 RRA SVRIND INC167-260045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 710 PM EST WED JUN 25 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA ...VIGO COUNTY AT 710 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH TERRE HAUTE BY 725 PM AND TO NEAR FONTANET BY 745 PM. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THESE AREAS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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. ZIMMERMAN
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, Jun 25, 5:40 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
INZ003>009-012>018-020>075-080-260100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 540 PM EST WED JUN 25 1997 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF VINCENNES TO 20 MILES EAST OF MADISON. THIS INCLUDES NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL INDIANA. CONTINUE TO LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. ZIMMERMAN
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.