Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1997, 8:52 PM EST for Marshall County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr. 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
- May 18, 1997, 8:52 PM EST (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1997, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marshall County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 9:13 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 81 | South Bend, IN | A 93 mph wind gust was recorded near the Michiana Regional Airport in South Bend. There was widespread damage to trees, limbs and power lines. Trees and limbs fell on houses. |
| May 18, 9:14 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Mishawaka, IN | Trees and limbs downed. |
| May 18, 9:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Tippecanoe, IN | A trailer was blown over, one person was injured. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lake, McHenry | 60 min |
| May 18, 7:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kane | 66 min |
| May 18, 7:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Lee | 56 min |
| May 18, 7:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kane | 30 min |
| May 18, 7:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kendall, LaSalle | 63 min |
| May 18, 7:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LOT | DuPage, Will | 58 min |
| May 18, 8:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kankakee, Will | 56 min |
| May 18, 8:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook | 56 min |
| May 18, 8:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee | 2 hr |
| May 18, 8:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Livingston | 2 hr |
| May 18, 9:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 57 min |
| May 18, 9:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Livingston | 66 min |
| May 18, 10:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 55 min |
| May 18, 11:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Livingston | 63 min |
| May 18, 8:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lake, Porter | 60 min |
| May 18, 8:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Jasper, LaPorte, Pulaski, Starke, White | 2 hr |
| May 18, 9:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Fulton, Kosciusko | 56 min |
| May 18, 9:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Elkhart | 56 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.