Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1997, 6:32 PM EDT for Paulding County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 1997, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1997, 7:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Paulding County, OH
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 2440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
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 Aug 16, 2:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 2:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 245 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 LATEST SAT IMAGERY SHOWING CU DEVELOPING ACROSS FA UNDER VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. 17Z SFC RUC INDICATES BEST LLVL CONVERGENCE ACROSS FRNTL BDRY IN SRN MI AND EXTENDING INTO NW IN. THUS...PRIMARY FOCUS FOR TSRA THREAT THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING WILL BE NW PORTION OF FA. BOTH THE ETA AND NGM FAIRLY SIMILAR THROUGHOUT 42H. THE MAIN FRNTL BDRY THAT IS POSITIONED ACROSS NRN MI...SWRD THROUGH SRN WI AND ON INTO THE CTRL PLAINS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO ILN'S FA TOMORROW. THE MODELS BEGIN TO DRAW THE FOCUS ACROSS THE SRN AND CTRL PORTION OF FA AT THAT TIME AS 30-40 KT 85H JET BEGINS TO BECOME ESTABLISHED TO OUR SW. THIS JET WILL FOCUS AREA OF LLVL CONVERGENCE ACROSS SRN OH...SE IN AND NRN KY BEGINNING TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO TOMORROW NIGHT. CONVERGENCE ALONG THE SFC FRNTL BDRY WILL BE ENHANCED AS A SFC WAVE BECOMES SOMEWHAT ORGANIZED AND MOVES ENE A4LONG THE BDRY TOMORROW. WDSPRD TS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE THE RULE FOR TOMORROW IN AREAS ALONG THIS BDRY. CVG 76/87/65/79 356 DAY 74/85/62/77 475 CMH 74/86/63/78 475 DISTEFANO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 2:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024-170045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 245 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AN INTENSIFYING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WAS EXPANDING AND MOVING EASTWARD. DUE TO THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO...A FEW STORMS WHICH MOVE INTO THIS REGION MAY BECOME SEVERE. THUS...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE PAULDING... PUTNAM...AND VAN WERT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ANTWERP... OTTAWA...AND VAN WERT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA OR CABLE STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SANDLER
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 2:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024-170045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 245 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AN INTENSIFYING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WAS EXPANDING AND MOVING EASTWARD. DUE TO THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO...A FEW STORMS WHICH MOVE INTO THIS REGION MAY BECOME SEVERE. THUS...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE PAULDING... PUTNAM...AND VAN WERT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ANTWERP... OTTAWA...AND VAN WERT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE ST0ORMS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA OR CABLE STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SANDLER
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-043>046-051>056-062>065-170215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 414 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PAULDING...PUTNAM AND VAN WERT COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM EDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO...PARTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM.... AN INTENSIFYING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WAS DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST. DUE TO THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE MIAMI VALLEY...WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA OR CABLE STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. 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
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-043>046-051>056-062>065-170215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 414 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PAULDING...PUTNAM AND VAN WERT COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM EDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO...PARTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM.... AN INTENSIFYING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WAS DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST. DUE TO THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE MIAMI VALLEY...WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA OR CABLE STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. 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 SHELT*ER 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Paulding | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Putnam | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Putnam | 61 min |
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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.