Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1997, 10:44 PM EST for Delaware County, Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1997, 10:44 PM EST (03:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1997, 11:30 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Delaware County, IN, Henry County, 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 8, 8:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 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
- 702 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 090344 RRA SVRIND INC035-065-090430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1044 PM EST TUE JUL 8 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...DELAWARE COUNTY...HENRY COUNTY AT 1040 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MADISON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO MUNCIE AROUND 1100 PM AND INTO THE NEWCASTLE AREA AROUND 1115 PM. THESE STORMS CAUSED POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE NEAR ALEXANDRIA IN MADISON COUNTY WITHIN THE PAST HALF HOUR. 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 DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. RPG &
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 8, 9:23 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
INZ003>009-012>018-020>075-080-090400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 923 PM EST TUE JUL 8 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM FOR MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA AND A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF LINE FROM RENSSELAER TO FORT WAYNE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. AT 915 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE TO JUST WEST OF KOKOMO TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR LARGER... WIND GUSTS TO 58 MPH OR HIGHER AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. RPG
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:24 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
INZ003>009-012>018-020>075-080-090400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 923 PM EST TUE JUL 8 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM FOR MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA AND A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF LINE FROM RENSSELAER TO FORT WAYNE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. AT 915 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE TO JUST WEST OF KOKOMO TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR LARGER... WIND GUSTS TO 58 MPH OR HIGHER AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. RPG
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:28 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
INZ021-031-090300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 928 PM EST TUE JUL 8 1997 THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HOWARD AND CARROLL COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 930 PM EST. WHILE ROTATION WAS OBSERVED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND RADAR NO TORNADOES DEVELOPED. THE HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY 930 PM WITH THE RAIN ENDING BY MIDNIGHT. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:30 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
INZ021-031-090300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 928 PM EST TUE JUL 8 1997 THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HOWARD AND CARROLL COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 930 PM EST. WHILE ROTATION WAS OBSERVED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND RADAR NO TORNADOES DEVELOPED. THE HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY 930 PM WITH THE RAIN ENDING BY MIDNIGHT. HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 10:00 PM EST, 44 minutes before
INZ003>009-012>018-020>075-080-090500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1000 PM EST TUE JUL 8 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM FOR MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA AND A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF LINE FROM RENSSELAER TO FORT WAYNE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. AT 955 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES EAST OF MUNCIE TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON TO 10 MILES NORTH OF LEBANON IN BOONE COUNTY AND THEN WESTWARD INTO ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR LARGER... WIND GUSTS TO 58 MPH OR HIGHER AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA OR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. RPG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Howard | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 9:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 10:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 10:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 11:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 11:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.