Winter Storm, Vigo
- When
- January 24, 6:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Vigo forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.431, -87.390 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Indiana, January 24, 1997
4 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Clay
- When
- January 24, 6:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.393, -87.116 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Owen
- When
- January 24, 6:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Owen forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.313, -86.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Shelby
- When
- January 24, 6:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Shelby forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.524, -85.792 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, January 24, 1997
- Tornado in Alabama, January 24, 1997
- Tornado in Tennessee, January 24, 1997
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, January 24, 1997
- Tornado in Tennessee, January 24, 1997
- Tornado in Tennessee, January 24, 1997
- Tornado in Tennessee, January 24, 1997
- Tornado in Tennessee, January 24, 1997
- Tornado in Tennessee, January 24, 1997
- Tornado in Tennessee, January 24, 1997
- Tornado in Tennessee, January 24, 1997
- Flash Flood in California, January 24 to 25, 1997
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, January 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5599999, 5600000, 5600001, 5600002.