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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Northern Indiana

June 25, 1997LaGrange County, Noble County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1997, 3:28 PM EST for LaGrange County, Noble County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 25, 1997, 3:28 PM EST (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1997, 4:15 PM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

Counties LaGrange County, IN, Noble County, IN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 25, 2:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1997-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1601 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1997-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 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
1601 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

144 
WUUS1 KFWA 252027 RRA
SVRFWA
INC087-113-252115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
328 PM EST WED JUN 25 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN LAGRANGE COUNTY...NORTH CENTRAL NOBLE COUNTY
 
AT 325 PM EST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FORT WAYNE OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALBION INDIANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH. IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. PEOPLE IN ROME CITY AND KENDALLVILLE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A
STRONG BUILDING AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 4 PM EST.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DONT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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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.