Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1997, 7:14 PM EST for Hancock County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 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 18, 1997, 7:14 PM EST (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1997, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, IN, Marion County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 7:25 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Indianapolis, IN | Thunderstorm winds blew down large trees in the 400 block of Colorado. |
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 18, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 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 190014 RRA SVRIND INC059-097-190100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 714 PM EST FRI JUL 18 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...HANCOCK COUNTY...MARION COUNTY AT 715 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON TO THE NORTHWEST PART OF INDIANAPOLIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL REACH DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS BY 730 PM A GREENFIELD BY 745 PM. 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. KH
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 18, 6:27 PM EST, 47 minutes before
INZ021-030-032-031-038-190000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 625 PM EST FRI JUL 18 1997 AT 620 PM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA. AT 550PM TREES WERE UPROOTED AT I-65 AND 600 NORTH NEAR BATTLEGROUND IN TIPPECANOE COUNTY. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC AT 610 PM 6 MILES WEST OF FRANKFORT IN CLINTON COUNTY THE STORM WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BY 700 PM EST THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH LEBANON...TIPTON AND MARION. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...BRIEF INTENSE RAIN AND LIGHTNING. & HAINES
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 6:43 PM EST, 31 minutes before
INZ021-022-028>059-062>066-073-074-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 643 PM EST FRI JUL 18 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PORTLAND TO FOWLER AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAWRENCEBURG TO TERRE HAUTE. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE LAFAYETTE...INDIANAPOLIS...RICHMOND...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON AND LAWRENCEBURG. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS STORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 643 PM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NEAR ROCKVILLE TO CRAWFORDSVILLE TO LEBANON TO TIPTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL REACH THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 700 PM AND 730 PM. EXPECT STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. LASHLEY
Local storm report, Jul 18, 6:44 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
645 PM EST FRI JUL 18 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600 PM IN BARN ROOF DAMAGE 8 MILES
7/18/97 CLINTON NORTH AND 6 1/2 MILES WEST
OF FRANKFORTLocal storm report, Jul 18, 6:45 PM EST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
645 PM EST FRI JUL 18 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600 PM IN BARN ROOF DAMAGE 8 MILES
7/18/97 CLINTON NORTH AND 6 1/2 MILES WEST
OF FRANKFORTSpecial weather statement, Jul 18, 7:03 PM EST, 11 minutes before
INZ020>022-028>059-062>066-073-074-190100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 703 PM EST FRI JUL 18 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WINCHESTER TO NEWPORT AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAWRENCEBURG TO TERRE HAUTE. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE INDIANAPOLIS...RICHMOND...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON AND LAWRENCEBURG. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN THE LAFAYETTE AND MARION AREAS AND WHITE...CASS...HOWARD...GRANT...BLACKFORD...JAY...CARROLL... CLINTON...TIPPECANOE...WARREN AND FOUNTAIN COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS STORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 655 PM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NEAR ROCKVILLE THROUGH CRAWFRODSVILLE AND LEBANON TO TIPTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA BY 730 PM AND THE TERRE HAUTE AREA BY 800 PM. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:04 PM EST, 10 minutes before
INZ020>022-028>059-062>066-073-074-190100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 703 PM EST FRI JUL 18 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WINCHESTER TO NEWPORT AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAWRENCEBURG TO TERRE HAUTE. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE INDIANAPOLIS...RICHMOND...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON AND LAWRENCEBURG. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN THE LAFAYETTE AND MARION AREAS AND WHITE...CASS...HOWARD...GRANT...BLACKFORD...JAY...CARROLL... CLINTON...TIPPECANOE...WARREN AND FOUNTAIN COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS STORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 655 PM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NEAR ROCKVILLE THROUGH CRAWFRODSVILLE AND LEBANON TO TIPTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SjOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA BY 730 PM AND THE TERRE HAUTE AREA BY 800 PM. DS
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.