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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 8, 1997Carroll County, Howard County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 1997, 8:42 PM EST for Carroll County, Howard County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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 8, 1997, 8:42 PM EST (01:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1997, 9:30 PM EST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, IN, Howard County, IN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 8:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1997-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2392 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1997-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1111 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 090144 RRA
TORIND
INC067-015-090230-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
842 PM EST TUE JUL 8 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...HOWARD COUNTY
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY
 
AT 840 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER
SOUTHEN CARROLL COUNTY WHICH IS 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE.
THE STORM WILL MOVE TOWARD KOKOMO BY 9 PM EST.
 
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.
 
HAINES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 9:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTipton44 min
Jul 8, 10:18 PM ESTTornado WarningINDClinton42 min
Jul 8, 10:24 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMadison36 min
Jul 8, 10:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry46 min
Jul 8, 11:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry39 min
Jul 8, 11:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.