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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Chicago, IL

July 2, 1997Fulton County, Kosciusko County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1997, 1:06 PM EST for Fulton County, Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 54 min. 2 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
Jul 2, 1997, 1:06 PM EST (18:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1997, 2:00 PM EST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fulton County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 1:18 PM ESTHail 1.75Rochester, IN
Jul 2, 1:58 PM ESTHail 1Syracuse, INStrong thunderstorms, producing downburst winds and heavy rains, developed over north central Indiana during the afternoon. Hail diameter ranging from one-inch to one and one-quarter inch was reported in Rochester and Syracuse.

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
Jul 2, 1:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 6:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTElkhart67 min
Jul 2, 7:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTKosciusko43 min
Jul 2, 1:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTKosciusko54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.