Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1997, 7:16 AM EST for LaGrange County, Noble County, Indiana. It was in force for 59 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 2, 1997, 7:16 AM EST (12:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1997, 8:15 AM EST
- In force
- 59 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 2, 7:50 AM EST | Hail 1 | Ligonier, 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 nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 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
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
331 WUUS1 KFWA 021218 RRA SVRFWA INC087-113-021315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 716 AM EST WED JUL 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WAYNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST INDIANA ...LAGRANGE COUNTY...NOBLE COUNTY AT 715 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELKHART INDIANA. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT LAGRANGE AND LIGONIER BY 745 AM EST. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington, Wabash, Whitley | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 1:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 2:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Huntington, Wells | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant, Huntington, Wells | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 2:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford | 45 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.