Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1997, 5:45 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 27, 1997, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1997, 6:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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, 5:57 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Huber Hgts, OH | Numerous large limbs and power lines downed. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 2569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 272145 RRA SVRILN OHC113-272235- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 545 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 635 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 544 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DAYTON AREA THROUGH 615 PM WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS SINCE THEY CAN EASILY SHATTER IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR APPLIANCES UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LOTT
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 27, 2:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 2:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 250 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 LTST SFC ANLYS SHWG CDFNT FM SE NB THRU CNTL IA INTO NRN WI DEWPT BNDRY ACRS ERN OH AND OUTFLOW BDNRY PUSHG SE ACRS NRN IN. DWPTS ACRS IND AND WRN OH IN THE MID TO UPR 70S WITH TMPS IN LOW TO MID 90S. MOD SNDG FOR LOW 90 TMPS/UPR 70 DWPTS YIELDS CAPE OF 5500 AND LI OF -10. TSTMS OVR NW IND HAV BEEN INCRSG IN INTENSITY AND XPCT TREND TO CONT AS THEY PUSH ESE INTO VERY UNSTBL AMS THRU LATE AFTN/EVNG. NEW MDLS CONT TO SHOW NICE THTE AXIS INTO SW OH. THUS WUD XPCT TSTMS TO TRACK INTO W CNTRL OH THRU LATE AFTN...THEN MOVG INTO DAY AND CMH AREAS TWD 22-23Z. SPD/DIRECTIONAL SHEAR NOT AS IMPRSV AS YSTRDY. HI CAPES THO SHUD ALLOW FOR STG ENUF UPDRAFTS FOR SOME HAIL ALG WITH STG WNDS. CDFNT WL FINALLY START TO PUSH S OVRNGT WITH MDLS BRINGING IT TO JUST NW OF FA BY MON MRNG. WITH FNT DRPG S...WL SEE CONTD CHC OF SHWRS/TSTMS ACRS NRN 1/2 FA LATER TNGT. ACRS SRN 1/2 FA...7H TMPS A LTL COOLER THAN YSTRDY SO XPCT A LTL BETTER CHC OF SEEING SOME DVLPMT THIS EVNG AND/OR STRMS ACRS DAY/CMH AREA HOLDING TOGETHER AS THEY PUSH S. FNT TO PUSH S ACRS FA THRU THE DAY ON MON. SHUD FINALLY SEE SOME COOLER/DRIER AIR INTO NW FA BY AFTN. ELSWR...COOLING WL HOLD OFF TIL MON NGT. THUS...AMS WL ONCE AGN BE UNSTBL WITH GOOD CHC OF TSTMS ACRS AREA DURG THE AFTN AND PERHAPS LINGERING INTO THE EVNG ACRS FAR S. HI PRES THEN BUILDS IN FOR CLRG SKIES MON NGT AND MSTLY SUNNY TUE. WITH TMPS/DWPTS RMNG UP ACRS S ON MON...HEAT ADV SEEMS RSBL ACRS ALL BUT LIMA AREA. PLEASANT DAY ON TAP FOR TUE WITH MUCH DRIER AMS MOVG IN. CVG 76/92/66/80 5620 DAY 74/91/61/78 6610 CMH 73/91/61/77 7610 LOTT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 11:53 AM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082- 088-089-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1155 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF OHIO... A VERY HOT...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE TODAY ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON ALONG A BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA INTO WEST CENTRAL OHIO. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT SOUTH AND EAST INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO IS POSSIBLE TOWARD EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES. LOTT
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 11:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082- 088-089-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1155 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF OHIO... A VERY HOT...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE TODAY ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON ALONG A BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA INTO WEST CENTRAL OHIO. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT SOUTH AND EAST INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO IS POSSIBLE TOWARD EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES. LOTT
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
INZ050-058>059-066-073-OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056- 060>064-070>072-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 315 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY AND CENTRAL OHIO... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA. THE AIRMASS OUT AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY IS VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS WESTERN OHIO AND EASTERN INSIANA. THUS...THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE LIMA...RICHMOND...DAYTON AND COLUMBUS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES. LOTT
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
INZ050-058>059-066-073-OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056- 060>064-070>072-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 315 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY AND CENTRAL OHIO... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA. THE AIRMASS OUT AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY IS VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS WESTERN OHIO AND EASTERN INSIANA. THUS...THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE LIMA...RICHMOND...DAYTON AND COLUMBUS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES. LOTT
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
OHZ034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-089-KYZ088>100- INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-281200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 325 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY EVENING. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ONLY BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S WITH HIGHS ON MONDAY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY HIGH HUMIDITIES TO RESULT IN HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AROUND 105. RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD LIMIT ACTIVITY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS. LOTT
Local storm report, Jul 27, 5:06 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
506 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0442 PM HIGHLAND HGTS KY 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/27/97 CAMPBELL
0458 PM ANSONIA OH .75 INCH HAIL
07/27/97 DARKEThe 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, 1:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 60 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, 5:58 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.