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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Chicago, IL

June 25, 1997Elkhart County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1997, 3:36 PM EST for Elkhart County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 25, 1997, 3:36 PM EST (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1997, 4:15 PM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Elkhart County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 3:45 PM ESTHail 0.75Nappanee, 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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 236 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

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 1:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTFord, Livingston35 min
Jun 25, 2:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTKankakee26 min
Jun 25, 2:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTIroquois42 min
Jun 25, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTSaint Joseph39 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.