Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1997, 5:10 PM EST for LaGrange County, Noble County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 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 14, 1997, 5:10 PM EST (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1997, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties LaGrange County, IN, Noble County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Near Albion, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 1:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1404 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFWA 142211 RRA SVRFWA INC087-113-142300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 510 PM EST MON JUL 14 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST INDIANA ...LAGRANGE COUNTY...NOBLE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AT ELKHART AND 15 MILES SOUTH OF ELKHART. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN LIGONIER AND SHIPSHEWANA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER AS THIS STORMS MOVES ACROSS THE COUNTY. WINDS OF 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN WESTERN LAGRANGE COUNTY. 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. ...CORRECTED FOR WRONG COUNTY.... &
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, Jul 14, 2:25 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
INZ027-018-033-032-025-034-006-008-007-024-026-017-OHZ001-004-INZ009-
142330-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
223 PM EST (323 PM EDT) MON JUL 14 1997
...HIGH HEAT INDEX READINGS THIS AFTERNOON...
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 110 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON. SUCH HIGH HEAT INDICES CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. HIGH HEAT
KILLS ABOUT 175 AMERICANS EVERY YEAR.
LIMIT YOUR TIME OUTSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE:
DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE THIRSTY. STAY AWAY
FROM ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING.
IF POSSIBLE...LIMIT YOUR PROTEIN INTAKE. PROTEIN INCREASES YOUR INTERNAL
METABOLIC HEAT PRODUCTION AND INCREASES WATER LOSS.
PEOPLE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT INCLUDE:
THE ELDERLY
SMALL CHILDREN
PEOPLE ON MEDICATIONS...ESPECIALLY TRANQUILIZERS AND
ANTICHOLINERGICS
TOMORROW WILL BE LESS HUMID WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE
MIDDLE 80S.
REAUGHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble, Steuben | 55 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.