Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Aug 17, 1997, 11:29 AM EDT (15:29 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 1997, 12:10 PM EDT

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Adams County, OH

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.

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TTAA00 KILN 171529 RRA
SVRILN
OHC001-171610-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1129 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1210 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO

   ...ADAMS COUNTY
 
AT 1126 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ENTERING WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH SEAMAN...WEST UNION
AND WAMSLEY BY BY 1210 PM.
 
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.

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 17, 9:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
920 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997

OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM LAST NIGHT HAS TEMPORARILY STABILIZED AREAS
ALONG/N OF OH RVR. AT THIS TIME...ONLY AREAS OF -RA ACRS CNTL/N
SECTIONS OF CWA. HOWEVER...WX WL DETERIORATE FROM W TO E THIS AM/EARLY
THIS AFTN. SFC WV HAS DEVELOPED ON OUFLOW BOUNDARY INVOF SE IL...AND
NUMEROUS TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED ACRS S IND WHERE SFC DWPTS IN MID 70S ARE
OVERUNNING OUTFLW BNDRY. THESE TSRA WL PUSH INTO CNTL/S SECTIONS OF CWA
THIS AM/EARLY PM WITH AT HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND ISOLD SEVERE PSBL ACRS S
AS SS HELPS DESTABILIZE ATMOSPHERE.

MEANWHILE...MAIN SFC FRNT STILL LOCATED N OF CWA...PROGGED TO
SETTLE TWD S AND INTO N SECTIONS OF CWA THIS AFTN AS SFC LO IN E IA
TRACKS TWD REGION. SHRA/TSRA SHUD BECOME HEAVIER/MORE NUMEROUS ACRS
N HLF OF CWA DUE TO THIS FEATURE.

POTENTIAL FOR HVR RAFL EXISTS ACRS ENTIRE CWA THIS AFTN INTO TONITE...
AND ADDL FLASH FLOOD WATCHES (ALREADY IN PLACE FOR WAYNE/FAYETTE/UNION
COS IN E CNTL IN) APPR TO BE IN ORDER FOR REST OF CWA COUNTIES ALONG/N
OF OH RVR PER CURRNT TRENDS.

CATEGORICAL POPS IN ORDER ALL AREAS.

DUE TO RELATIVELY COOL START BEHIND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND INPENDING
ONSET OF ADDL PCPN...CURRNT FCST HI TMPS MAY BE A BIT TOO HI FOR MANY
LOCATIONS ALNG/N OF OH RVR...ESP RICH-DAY-LIMA. ACRS S CNTL OH/N KY...
STILL MAY CLIMB INTO UPR 80S...AND THREAT FOR PM SVR GREATEST THERE
PER LTST SPC DY1 OUTLOOK.

dROWLEY

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.