Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 1997, 10:24 PM EST for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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 8, 1997, 10:24 PM EST (03:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1997, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 10:33 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Alexandria, IN | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in Ashland or just east of New Castle. |
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 8, 8:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 702 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 090324 RRA TORIND INC095-090400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1024 PM EST TUE JUL 8 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...MADISON COUNTY AT 1020 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON IN MADISON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 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 TxHE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Howard | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 9:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 10:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 10:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 11:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 11:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 33 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.