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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Chicago, IL

July 6, 1997Starke County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1997, 7:09 PM EST for Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1997, 7:09 PM EST (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1997, 7:45 PM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Starke County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1997-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1024 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1997-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1024 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1351 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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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.