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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 17, 1997Ripley County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1997, 12:35 PM EST for Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 60 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
Aug 17, 1997, 12:35 PM EST (17:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 1997, 1:35 PM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Ripley County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 17, 12:45 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 60Versailles, INNumerous trees were downed, many of which fell across power lines and one of which fell across a vehicle. A barn was damaged and a dozen campers and mobile homes suffered significant damage with two being destroyed.

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 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 17, 8:23 AM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 8:23 AM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 17, 11:20 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1220 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997

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

1130 AM    GEORGETOWN                OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97   BROWN                          TREES DOWN NEAR ROUTE 223

1145 AM    SEAMAN                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97   ADAMS                          TREES DOWN FROM SEAMAN TO
                                          LAWSHE

SHARTRAN
Local storm report, Aug 17, 11:24 AM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1220 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997

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

1130 AM    GEORGETOWN                OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97   BROWN                          TREES DOWN NEAR ROUTE 223

1145 AM    SEAMAN                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97   ADAMS                          TREES DOWN FROM SEAMAN TO
     T                                     LAWSHE

SHARTRAN
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 12:10 PM EST, 25 minutes before
KYZ100-180000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
110 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT...

THE STORM PREDIDTCION CENTER IN NORMAN OK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY UNTIL 8 PM EDT.

AT 105 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING
AND PUSHING INTO LEWIS COUNTY FROM THE WEST...AND ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WITHIN OR MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME
SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS EVEN LARGE HAIL.

YOU ARE STRONGLY URGED TO MONITOR COMMERCIAL RADIO...LOCAL OR CABLE
TELEVISION THIS AFTERNOON FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED
FOR YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

ROWLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 12:11 PM EST, 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 7:01 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNPutnam3 hr
Aug 16, 9:53 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNPaulding, Putnam3 hr
Aug 16, 10:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAllen, Auglaize48 min
Aug 17, 10:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown42 min
Aug 17, 10:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams41 min
Aug 17, 10:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Scioto38 min
Aug 17, 11:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Scioto45 min
Aug 17, 1:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton58 min
Aug 17, 1:23 PM ESTTornado WarningILNLicking47 min
Aug 17, 1:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Clermont64 min
Aug 17, 2:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams62 min
Aug 17, 2:14 PM ESTTornado WarningILNAdams61 min
Aug 17, 2:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Scioto61 min
Aug 17, 6:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton48 min
Aug 17, 6:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler64 min
Aug 17, 6:31 PM ESTTornado WarningILNHamilton64 min
Aug 17, 6:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Warren66 min
Aug 17, 1:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPendleton49 min
Aug 17, 1:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMason46 min
Aug 17, 2:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLewis60 min
Aug 17, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNOwen31 min
Aug 17, 5:52 PM ESTTornado WarningILNDearborn33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.