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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Northern Indiana

July 26, 1997Wabash County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1997, 10:25 PM EST for Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 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 26, 1997, 10:25 PM EST (03:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1997, 11:15 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Wabash County, IN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 26, 7:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4383 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4383 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
13.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFWA 270327 RRA
SVRFWA
INC169-270415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
1025 PM EST SAT JUL 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...WABASH COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF WABASH AT 1020 PM
EST. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND HEAVY RAINFALL AS IT MOVES.
 
PEOPLE IN OPEN COUNTRY OF WABASH COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
 
HAYES
 
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 9:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen62 min
Jul 27, 1:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaGrange45 min
Jul 27, 1:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXNoble31 min
Jul 27, 2:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhitley40 min
Jul 27, 2:17 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXAllen43 min
Jul 27, 2:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington59 min
Jul 27, 2:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Wells56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.