Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1997, 2:47 PM EST for Clinton County, Indiana. It was in force for 58 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 27, 1997, 2:47 PM EST (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1997, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clinton County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 27, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 2518 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1375 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 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 271947 RRA SVRIND INC023-272045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 247 PM EST SUN JUL 27 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...CLINTON COUNTY AT 245 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ROSSVILLE OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANFORT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH MORAN AND MICHIGANTOWN BY 345 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO6 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. EDDY
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 27, 1:17 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
INZ003>009-012-014>018-271930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 117 PM EST SUN JUL 27 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 600 PM... THE WATCH IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE...SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...ANGOLA...PLYMOUTH...WARSAW AND FORT WAYNE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 110 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM JUST EAST OF SOUTH BEND SOUTHWEST TO NEAR KNOX. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 1:18 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
INZ003>009-012-014>018-271930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 117 PM EST SUN JUL 27 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 600 PM... THE WATCH IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE...SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...ANGOLA...PLYMOUTH...WARSAW AND FORT WAYNE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 110 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM JUST EAPST OF SOUTH BEND SOUTHWEST TO NEAR KNOX. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 1:38 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
INZ022-023-271930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 138 PM EST SUN JUL 27 1997 THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE LOGANSPORT AND PERU AREAS AROUND 200 PM. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. HAIL IS POSSIBLE. PEOPLE AROUND LOGANSPORT AND PERU SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 1:39 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
INZ022-023-271930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 138 PM EST SUN JUL 27 1997 THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE LOGANSPORT AND PERU AREAS AROUND 200 PM. THE STORMSn WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. HAIL IS POSSIBLE. PEOPLE AROUND LOGANSPORT AND PERU SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:31 PM EST, 16 minutes before
INZ007-009-017-018-020>027-029>034-036>042-045>050-053>059-062>066- 070>073-272030Z- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 231 PM EST SUN JUL 27 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL EAST CENTRAL AND PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ANGOLA TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...EAST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO BEDFORD AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BEDFORD TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE...FORT WAYNE... LAFAYETTE...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS AND RICHMOND. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 230 PM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM AROUND FORT WAYNE THROUGH PERU TO AROUND RENSSELAER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 30 MPH. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:32 PM EST, 15 minutes before
INZ007-009-017-018-020>027-029>034-036>042-045>050-053>059-062>066- 070>073-272030Z- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 231 PM EST SUN JUL 27 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL EAST CENTRAL AND PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST... THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ANGOLA TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...EAST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO BEDFORD AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BEDFORD TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE...FORT WAYNE... LAFAYETTE...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS AND RICHMOND. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 230 PM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM AROUND FORT WAYNE THROUGH PERU TO AROUND RENSSELAER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 30 MPH. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 10:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 3:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.