Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1997, 3:50 PM EST for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 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 27, 1997, 3:50 PM EST (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1997, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 4:07 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Rushville, IN | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and power lines in Rushville. |
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 27, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 2569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 272050 RRA SVRIND INC139-272130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 350 PM EST SUN JUL 27 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...RUSH COUNTY AT 445 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE...FROM NEAR CARTHAGE TO NEAR ARLINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 20 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR MAYS AND SEXTON BY 415 PM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. 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.
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, 2 hours 33 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, 2 hours 32 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, 2 hours 12 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, 2 hours 11 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, 1 hour 19 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, 1 hour 18 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, 2:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.