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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 27, 1997Owen County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1997, 8:15 PM EDT for Owen County, Kentucky. 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, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1997, 9:05 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Owen County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 8:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Owenton, KYNumerous trees and power poles 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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 201 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -60 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 2:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 25 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

Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
612 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0545 PM    MCGUFFEY                  OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/27/97   HARDIN                         SEVERAL TREES DOWN

0557 PM                              OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/27/97   MONTGOMERY                     LARGE LIMBS AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN IN NORTHEAST
                                          PART OF COUNTY
Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
612 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0610 PM    HAMILTON                  OH   60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/27/97   BUTLER
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
OHZ056-065-073-074-082-088-280100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
653 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN THE WATCH...

FAIRFIELD...ROSS...LICKING...HOCKING....SCIOTO AND PIKE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A BOUNDARY ACROSS
WEST CEENTRAL OHIO. THE AIRMASS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL
OHIO IS VERY UNSTABLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TO PUSH SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING INTO THE WATCH AREA.

SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AS
WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

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.

RANDALL
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
OHZ056-065-073-074-082-088-280100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
653 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN THE WATCH...

FAIRFIELD...ROSS...LICKING...HOCKING....SCIOTO AND PIKE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A BOUNDARY ACROSS
WEST CEENTRAL OHIO. THE AIRMASS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL
OHIO IS VERY UNSTABLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TO PUSH SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING INTO THE WATCH AREA.

SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AS
WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

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.

RANDALL
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 7:56 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 8:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton30 min
Jul 28, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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.