Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1997, 5:10 PM EST for Jackson County, Lawrence 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
- Jul 14, 1997, 5:10 PM EST (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1997, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:52 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford, IN | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in Bedford. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1298 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 142209 RRA SVRIND INC071-093-142245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 510 PM EST MON JUL 14 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...JACKSON COUNTY...EASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 508 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. LASHLEY
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 14, 2:53 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
INZ006>009-017-018-021>025-028>032-035>040-043>047-051>054-060-061- 067-068-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 252 PM EST MON JUL 14 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VINCENNES UNTIL 700 PM. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE AND VINCENNES. AT 240 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF DECATUR ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. EXPECT STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER AND TORRENTI.AL RAINS. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:20 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
INZ006>009-017-018-021>025-028>032-035>040-043>047-051>054-060-061- 067-068-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 320 PM EST MON JUL 14 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VINCENNES UNTIL 700 PM. AT 319 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND SOUTHWEST TO RENSSELAER AND THEN SOUTH TO NEAR ATTICA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN FOUNTAIN...VERMILLION...TIPPENCANOE... PARKE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES BETWEEN 315 PM AND 430 PM. EXPECT STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OR BASEMENT. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:21 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
INZ006>009-017-018-021>025-028>032-035>040-043>047-051>054-060-061- 067-068-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 320 PM EST MON JUL 14 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VINCENNES UNTIL 700 PM. AT 319 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND SOUTHWEST TO RENSSELAER AND THEN SOUTH TO NEAR ATTICA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN FOUNTAIN...VERMILLION...TIPPENCANOE... PARKE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES BETWEEN 315 PM AND 430 PM. EXPECT STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OR BASEMENT. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:09 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
INZ021>023-028>031-035>040-043>047-051>054-060-061-067-068-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 409 PM EST MON JUL 14 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VINCENNES UNTIL 700 PM. AT 410 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EAST OF LAFAYETTE TO CRAWFORDSVILLE TO WEST OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO VIGO...CLAY...PUTNAM...BOONE...CLINTON...HOWARD...CASS AND MIAMI COUNTIES BETWEEN 415 PM AND 530 PM. EXPECT STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:04 PM EST, 6 minutes before
INZ021>023-028>031-035>040-043>047-051>054-060-061-067-068-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 505 PM EST MON JUL 14 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EST... AT 505 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR PERU TO TIPTON TO BROWNSBURG TO VINCENNES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA BETWEEN 510 PM AND 610 PM. EXPECT STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFOtRMATION. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:05 PM EST, 5 minutes before
INZ021>023-028>031-035>040-043>047-051>054-060-061-067-068-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 505 PM EST MON JUL 14 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EST... AT 505 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR PERU TO TIPTON TO BROWNSBURG TO VINCENNES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA BETWEEN 510 PM AND 610 PM. EXPECT STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LASHLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 6:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 27 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.