Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1997, 1:05 AM EDT for Pickaway County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 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 27, 1997, 1:05 AM EDT (05:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1997, 2:05 AM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pickaway County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:25 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Ashville, OH | Several trees downed. |
| Jul 27, 1:42 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Whisler, OH | Several barns destroyed, roof blown off a garage, and numerous trees downed. Some of the trees fell across some of which fell across homes and barns. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1206 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 13.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 270504 RRA SVRILN OHC129-270605- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 105 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 205 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL OHIO ...PICKAWAY COUNTY AT 100 AM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL TRACK ACROSS ASHVILLE...AND CIRCLEVILLE. ALSO...EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STREET FLOODING. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE WHEN IT PASSED OVER COLUMBUS. IT IS DANGEROUS TO BE OUTDOORS WHILE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS IN PROGRESS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR A VEHICLE. IF YOU$ ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...STAY AWAY FROM TOWERS AND LARGE TREES. CROUCH NEAR THE GROUND AND COVER YOUR HEAD. & RANDALL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 26, 8:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 8:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 810 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 1997 VRY MOIST (DWPTS IN UPR 70S) AND WRM AIR HAS INVADED WRN OH CAUSING AMS TO BCM VRY UNSBL. VRY UNSTBL AMS WITH CAPES TO 4000-5000 J/KG AND LI/S TO -10 OVR WRN AND CNTRL OH. ISO SVR TSTMS DVLPG ALONG N-S ORIENTED WRMFNT FM NR CLE TO CMH TO S CNTRL OH. GOOD VEERING PROFILE SUPPORTING ROTATING STMS WITH MANY REPORTS OF FUNNELS AND PSBL TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN LICKING CTY. ADDITIONAL TSTM ACTVTY CURRENTLY IN THE NRN IL AREA WL FOLLOW THCKNS INTO NW OH AFTR MID NGT. SUGG INCRSG TSTM POPS OVR W CNTRL OH IN RESPONSE TO THIS ACTVTY. LOOKING AT TRAJ AND LAST NGTS LOWS AND DWPTS IN MID/UPR DWPTS SUGG GOING WRMR ON OVRNGT LOWS ARND 75 ACRS THE BOARD. PER COORD WITH CLE HEAT ADVSY LOOKS LIKE THE WAY TO GO WITH XPCTD HI/S IN MID 90S SUN AND DWPTS IN MID AND UPR 70S. THIS VALUES WL YIELD HEAT INDEXES OF 105 TO 115. CVG 075/095 13 DAY 074/094 23 CMH 074/095 33 RANDALL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 27, 12:01 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1202 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1125 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/26/97 VAN WERT BARN LEVELED 6 MILES WEST
OF VAN WERT (NEAR STATE
LINE)Local storm report, Jul 27, 12:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1202 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1125 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/26/97 VAN WERT BARN LEVELED 6 MILES WEST
OF VAN WERT (NEAR STATE
LINE)Local storm report, Jul 27, 12:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1204 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1045 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/26/97 DELAWARE LOTS OF TREES DOWN & POWER
LINES DOWN ACROSS NE PART
OF COUNTYSpecial weather statement, Jul 27, 12:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-035-043>046-051>056-062>065-072>074-079>082- 088-270800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1203 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN OHIO... THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL OHIO. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE BUCKEYE STATE AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE MAIN THREAT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT WILL BE FLOODING RAINS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AT MIDNIGHT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT OVER 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN LICKING COUNTY SINCE 630 PM. STREETS WERE REPORTED TO BE FLOODED ACROSS LICKING COUNTY. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WILKINSON
Local storm report, Jul 27, 12:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1204 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1045 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/26/97 DELAWARE LOTS OF TREES DOWN & POWER
LINES DOWN ACROSS NE PART
OF COUNTYSpecial weather statement, Jul 27, 12:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
OHZ015-016-024>026-035-043>046-051>056-062>065-072>074-079>082- 088-270800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1203 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN OHIO... THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL OHIO. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE BUCKEYE STATE AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE MAIN THREAT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT WILL BE FLOODING RAINS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AT MIDNIGHT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT OVER 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN LICKING COUNTY SINCE 630 PM. STREETS WERE REPORTED TO BE FLOODED ACROSS LICKING COUNTY. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. STAY TUN ED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WILKINSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 22 min |
| Jul 26, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 61 min |
| Jul 26, 8:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 8:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Paulding, Putnam | 61 min |
| Jul 26, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 62 min |
| Jul 26, 10:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Licking | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 10:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 10:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Licking | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 10:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 59 min |
| Jul 26, 11:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Licking | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 35 min |
| Jul 27, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ross | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Licking | 3 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.