Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1997, 3:13 PM EST for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 2, 1997, 3:13 PM EST (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1997, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:27 PM EST | Hail 2 | Anderson Muni Arpt, IN | |
| Jul 2, 3:27 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Anderson Jessup Arpt, IN | Downburst winds from tornadic storm measured at 60 knots by airport anemometer. |
| Jul 2, 3:40 PM EST | Tornado F2 | Anderson, IN | The same supercell that produced the weak tornado in Hamilton county also produced this tornado. This strong tornado initially began as three funnels which merged to one tornadoabout when it touched down on the southwest side of Anderson near exit 22 of Inters |
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, 8.2 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
- 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 022013 RRA TORIND INC095-022045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 313 PM EST WED JUL 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...MADISON COUNTY A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED JUST WEST OF LAPEL IN MADISON COUNTY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBYT REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. &
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, 3:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 3:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison | 60 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.