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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1997, 3:45 PM EST for Delaware County, Henry County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 60 min. 4 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
- Jul 2, 1997, 3:45 PM EST (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1997, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Delaware County, IN, Henry County, IN, Madison County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:49 PM EST | Hail 1 | Middletown, IN | |
| Jul 2, 4:00 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | New Castle, IN | |
| Jul 2, 4:04 PM EST | Tornado F0 | New Castle, IN | Same supercell thunderstorm that spawned Hamilton County and City of Anderson tornadoes also spawned this weak tornado. It was a brief touchdown near State Road 3 and the Conrail Railway on New Castle's northwest side. The tornado briefly touched down in Memor |
| Jul 2, 4:17 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle, IN | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damged some crops |
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 2, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 022045 RRA TORIND INC095-035-065-022145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST WED JUL 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...DELAWARE COUNTY...NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY ...AT 343 PM EST...HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A TORNADO AT I-69 JUST SOUTH OF ANDERSON. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST TOWARDS DALEVILLE MIDDLETOWN AND SULPHUR SPRINGS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. TUCEK &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 1:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 3:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 3:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry | 41 min |
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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.