Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 1997, 7:14 PM EST for Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min. 3 reports 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
- Aug 24, 1997, 7:14 PM EST (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 1997, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morgan County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:21 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Martinsville, IN | |
| Aug 24, 7:21 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Martinsville, IN | |
| Aug 24, 7:30 PM EST | Hail 2 | Morgantown, IN |
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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1758 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 13.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 250014 RRA SVRIND INC109-250045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 714 PM EST SUN AUG 24 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...MORGAN COUNTY AT 710 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARTINSVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST 45 MPH. THE STORM WILL PASS MARTINSVILLE BEFORE 730 PM. LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THE STORM. THERE WILL BE BRIEF 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. DS
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, Aug 24, 5:03 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
INZ060>062-067>072-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 503 PM EST SUN AUG 24 1997 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH INDIANA... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM AROUND GREENSBURG AND SEYMOUR TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON AT 455 PM. STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 35 MPH. STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE BEDFORD AND BROWNSTOWN AREAS BY 530 PM. OTHER STORMS WERE 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF VINCENNES. THEY WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AND SHOULD BE INTO THE VINCENNES AREA BETWEEN 530 AND 600 PM. STORMS WILL HAVE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. DS
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 5:04 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
INZ060>062-067>072-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 503 PM EST SUN AUG 24 1997 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH INDIANA... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM AROUND GREENSBURG AND SEYMOUR TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON AT 455 PM. STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 35 MPH. STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE BEDFORD AND BROWNSTOWN AREAS BY 530 PM. OTHER STORMS WERE 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF VINCENNES. THEY WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AND SHOULD BE INTO THE VINCENNES AREA BETWEEN 530 AND 600 PM. STORMS WILL HAVE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. DS
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 6:19 PM EST, 55 minutes before
INZ070-071-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 619 PM EST SUN AUG 24 1997 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 618 PM DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWNS OF GUTHRIE AND BARTLETTSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE BEDORD AREA THROUGH 645 PM. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY BY 630 PM AND CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST. EXPECT STRONG WINDS OF 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 6:20 PM EST, 54 minutes before
INZ070-071-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 619 PM EST SUN AUG 24 1997 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 618 PM DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWNS OF GUTHRIE AND BARTLETTSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE BEDORD AREA THROUGH 645 PM. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY BY 630 PM AND CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST. EXPECT STRONG WINDS OF 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 6:32 PM EST, 42 minutes before
INZ043>045-051>054-060>064-067>071-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 632 PM EST SUN AUG 24 1997 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 630 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM COVINGTON TO COLUMBUS TO MADISON AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME CITIES TO BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE GREENCASTLE...TERRE HAUTE...SULLIVAN...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD AND BROWNSTOWN. EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH...STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LASHLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 6:33 PM EST, 41 minutes before
INZ043>045-051>054-060>064-067>071-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 632 PM EST SUN AUG 24 1997 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 630 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM COVINGTON TO COLUMBUS TO MADISON AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME CITIES TO BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE GREENCASTLE...TERRE HAUTE...SULLIVAN...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD AND BROWNSTOWN. EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH...STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LASHLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson | 50 min |
| Aug 24, 9:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 12:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 30 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.