Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1997, 3:34 PM EST for Delaware County, Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 min. 4 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
- Jul 2, 1997, 3:34 PM EST (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1997, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Delaware County, IN, Henry County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:49 PM EST | Hail 1 | Middletown, IN | |
| Jul 2, 4:00 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | New Castle, IN | |
| Jul 2, 4:04 PM EST | Tornado F0 | New Castle, IN | Same supercell thunderstorm that spawned Hamilton County and City of Anderson tornadoes also spawned this weak tornado. It was a brief touchdown near State Road 3 and the Conrail Railway on New Castle's northwest side. The tornado briefly touched down in Memor |
| Jul 2, 4:17 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle, IN | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damged some crops |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 022034 RRA SVRIND INC035-065-022115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 334 PM EST WED JUL 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY...NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY AT 330 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EAST OF ANDERSON. DALEVILLE...MIDDLETOWN AND SPRINGPORT ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. DIME TO MARBLE SIZE WAS REPORTED IN THIS STORM. 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. MES &
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, Jul 2, 2:52 PM EST, 42 minutes before
INZ004>009-014>018-021>027-029>034-036>042-044>052-054>059-066- 030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 252 PM EST WED JUL 2 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL INDIANA... ...THE TORNADO WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT EAST OF A LINE FROM ANGOLA TO TIPTON TO BRAZIL AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MARTINSVILLE TO BROOKVILLE. SOME CITIES REMAINING IN THE WATCH ARE FORT WAYNE...MARION... ANDERSON...INDIANAPOLIS...AND RUSHVILLE. AT 245 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM EXTENDING FROM FORT WAYNE TO JUST NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. CS/LC
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:53 PM EST, 41 minutes before
INZ004>009-014>018-021>027-029>034-036>042-044>052-054>059-066- 030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 252 PM EST WED JUL 2 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL INDIANA... ...THE TORNADO WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT EAST OF A LINE FROM ANGOLA TO TIPTON TO BRAZIL AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MARTINSVILLE TO BROOKVILLE. SOME CITIES REMAINING IN THE WATCH ARE FORT WAYNE...MARION... ANDERSON...INDIANAPOLIS...AND RUSHVILLE. AT 245 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM EXTENDING FROM FORT WAYNE TO JUST NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. CS/LC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 1:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 3:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 3:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison | 60 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.