Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 1997, 9:22 PM EST for Mason County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 1, 1997, 9:22 PM EST (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 1997, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mason County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
718 WUUS01 KILN 020224 RRA SVRILN KYC161-020300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 922 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH KENTUCKY ...MASON COUNTY AT 920 PM...DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO MASON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MINERVA AND MAYSVILLE. 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 Mar 1, 7:10 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 7:10 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 710 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 AMS IS RELOADING WITH FOCUS PRESENTLY OVR LWR OH VLY IN ERN MO AND WRN KY. H8 55KT PLUS LLJ AXIS IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT INTO S CNTRL OH LTR TNGT AND AT SAME TIME AREA WL BE IN RR QUAD OF H3 185KT JET. STG LIFT TO SHIFT INTO S CNTRL OH WHERE THETA-E RICH AIR IS IN PLACE AND PW/S ARE BTWN 1.3 AND 1.4 INCHES. XPCT MCS OVR LWR OH VLY TO FOLLOW FAVORED 1000-700MB THICKNESS ACRS SRN OH. EVE QPF HV MAX OF ABT 2.0 INCHES THRU SRN OH SCIOTO...OH BRUSH CREEK BASINS. THIS HVY RAIN AXIS IS DISPLACED A LTL FURTHER N THAN HVY AXIS WHICH OCCURRED LT LAST NGT AND ERLR TDA. HOWEVER...THIS RAIN WL FALL ON AREA THAT HS RECVD 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL. XPCT ALL AREA OF SRN OH AND NRN KY TO REC A GOOD 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL. WE ARE DEALING WITH A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION DUE TO FLOODING WITH FLASH FLOOD WATCHES CONTG. WL WORD FFW AND FFS ACCORDINGLY. CDFNT TO DAY ABT 07Z TO CVG 08Z AND TO CMH ARND 10Z WITH GOOD LO LVL DRYING BHD FNT. GOOD CAA BHD FNT SO XPCT TEMPS TO DROP DRAMATICALLY LT TNGT AND RN TO END ACRS THE NW. PREFER READINGS CLOSER TO COOLER FWC GUID. CVG 44 DAY 40 CMH 45 RANDALL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 1, 6:25 PM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
625 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0720 AM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH
WATER
0730 AM MC DERMOTT OH FLOODING
03/01/97 SCIOTO SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH
WATER
0755 AM WEST UNION OH FLOODING
03/01/97 ADAMS 5 TO 8 IN OF WATER ON
MANY ROADS
0915 AM PORTSMOUTH OH FLOODING
03/01/97 SCIOTO WATER IN HOMES, 10
EVACUATIONS, WATER FLOWING
OVER ROADS COUNTY WIDE
0904 AM WEST UNION OH FLOODING
03/01/97 ADAMS MANY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER
0908 AM FELICITY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 CLERMONT WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADS
AND BRIDGES IN THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE
COUNTY
0915 AM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON COUNTY WIDE-WATER ACROSS
NUMEROUS ROADS, VEHICLES
STALLED, PEOPLE RESCUED,
WATER IN HOMES
0900 AM AUGUSTA KY FLOODING
03/01/97 BRACKEN MOBILE HOME WASHED
INTO A NEARBY CREEK.
0925 AM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON CAR WASHED AWAY ON GUMLICK
COUNTY ROAD.
1038 AM RIPLEY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN WATER IN HOMES, PEOPLE
RESCUED FROM ROOFS
OF HOUSES
1038 AM ABERDEEN OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN WATER IN HOMES, PEOPLE
RESCUED FROM ROOFS
OF HOUSES
1040 AM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON WESTERN PART OF
COUNTY-SOME CARS STRANDED,
COUNTY WIDE-3 BRIDGES
WASHED OUT
1045 AM BROOKSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 BRACKEN COUNTY WIDE-ROADS COVERED
WITH WATER AND DEBRIS
1046 AM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON COUNTY WIDE-WATER FLOWING
OVER ROADS AND BRIDGES
1055 AM FELICITY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 CLERMONT SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY-
ROADS CLOSED AND BRIDGES
FLOODED
1115 AM WEST UNION OH FLOODING
03/01/97 ADAMS COUNTY WIDE-NUMEROUS ROADS
FLOODED, 2 PEOPLE RESCUED
1130 AM OWENTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 OWEN COUNTY WIDE FLOODING IN
LOW-LYING AREAS AND ACROSS
BRIDGES
1137 AM MT OLIVET KY FLOODING
03/01/97 ROBERTSON COUNTY WIDE- SEVERAL ROADS
FLOODEDLocal storm report, Mar 1, 6:29 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
625 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0720 AM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH
WATER
0730 AM MC DERMOTT OH FLOODING
03/01/97 SCIOTO SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH
WATER
0755 AM WEST UNION OH FLOODING
03/01/97 ADAMS 5 TO 8 IN OF WATER ON
MANY ROADS
0915 AM PORTSMOUTH OH FLOODING
03/01/97 SCIOTO WATER IN HOMES, 10
EVACUATIONS, WATER FLOWING
OVER ROADS COUNTY WIDE
0904 AM WEST UNION OH FLOODING
03/01/97 ADAMS MANY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER
0908 AM FELICITY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 CLERMONT WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADS
AND BRIDGES IN THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE
COUNTY
0915 AM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON COUNTY WIDE-WATER ACROSS
NUMEROUS ROADS, VEHICLES
STALLED, PEOPLE RESCUED,
WATER IN HOMES
0900 AM AUGUSTA KY FLOODING
03/01/97 BRACKEN MOBILE HOME WASHED
INTO A NEARBY CREEK.
0925 AM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON CAR WASHED AWAY ON GUMLICK
COUNTY ROAD.
1038 AM RIPLEY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN WATER IN HOMES, PEOPLE
RESCUED FROM ROOFS
OF HOUSES
1038 AM ABERDEEN OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN WATER IN HOMES, PEOPLE
RESCUED FROM ROOFS
OF HOUSES
1040 AM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON WESTERN PART OF
COUNTY-SOME CARS STRANDED,
COUNTY WIDE-3 BRIDGES
WASHED OUT
1045 AM BROOKSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 BRACKEN COUNTY WIDE-ROADS COVERED
WITH WATER AND DEBRIS
1046 AM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON COUNTY WIDE-WATER FLOWING
OVER ROADS AND BRIDGES
1055 AM FELICITY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 CLERMONT SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY-
ROADS CLOSED AND BRIDGES
FLOODED
1115 AM WEST UNION OH FLOODING
03/01/97 ADAMS COUNTY WIDE-NUMEROUS ROADS
FLOODED, 2 PEOPLE RESCUED
1130 AM OWENTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 OWEN COUNTY WIDE FLOODING IN
LOW-LYING AREAS AND ACROSS
BRIDGES
1137 AM MT OLIVET 2 KY FLOODING
03/01/97 ROBERTSON COUNTY WIDE- SEVERAL ROADS
FLOODEDLocal storm report, Mar 1, 6:31 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
631 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0110 PM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON PORTIONS OF GUMLICK ROAD
WASHED OUT
0112 PM CARROLLTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 CARROLL COUNTY WIDE-SECONDARY
ROADS CLOSED
0112 PM WARSAW KY FLOODING
03/01/97 GALLATIN COUNTY WIDE-SOME SECONDARY
ROADS CLOSED
0112 PM OWENTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 OWEN COUNTY WIDE-SOME SECONDARY
ROADS CLOSED
0110 PM VANCEBURG KY FLOODING
03/01/97 LEWIS COUNTY WIDE-SEVERAL ROADS
COVERED WITH WATER
0145 PM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON A FEW SMALL BRIDGES WASHED
OUT
0230 PM PORTSMOUTH OH FLOODING
03/01/97 SCIOTO COUNTY WIDE-WATER IN
HOUSES, CARS WASHED AWAY,
TRAILER WASHED AWAY, 30
HOMES EVACUATED, 300-400
HOMES AFFECTED BY FLOODING
0305 PM BROOKSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 BRACKEN SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH
WATER
0310 PM CARROLLTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 CARROLL COUNTY WIDE-SEVERAL ROADS
CLOSED
0315 PM WARSAW KY FLOODING
03/01/97 GALLATIN COUNTY WIDE-SEVERAL ROADS
CLOSED
0320 PM DRY RIDGE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 GRANT COUNTY WIDE- WATER
COVERING NUMEROUS ROADS
0320 PM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON PEOPLE EVACUATED IN
SHOEMAKER TOWN
0325 PM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON COUNTY WIDE-WATER COVERING
NUMEROUS ROADS, PORTIONS
OF STATE ROUTE 609 AND 159
WASHED OUT
0325 PM MT OLIVET KY FLOODING
03/01/97 ROBERTSON COUNTY WIDE-WATER COVERING
A FEW ROADS
0330 PM OWENTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 OWEN COUNTY WIDE-NUMEROUS ROADS
COVERED WITH WATER,
SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED
0340 PM GEORGETOWN OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN SOUTHERN HALF OF
COUNTY-ROADS CLOSED
0345 PM RIPLEY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN BRIDGE WASHED OUT, SEVERAL
HOMES FLOODED NEAR BEETLE
CREEK.
0350 PM VANCEBURG KY FLOODING
03/01/97 LEWIS COUNTY WIDE-PEOPLE BEING
EVACUATED, 5 ROADS CLOSED,
NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED
WITH WATER
0430 PM BLUE CREEK OH FLOODING
ADAMS 2 FATALITIES
INNESLocal storm report, Mar 1, 6:33 PM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
631 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0110 PM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON PORTIONS OF GUMLICK ROAD
WASHED OUT
0112 PM CARROLLTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 CARROLL COUNTY WIDE-SECONDARY
ROADS CLOSED
0112 PM WARSAW KY FLOODING
03/01/97 GALLATIN COUNTY WIDE-SOME SECONDARY
ROADS CLOSED
0112 PM OWENTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 OWEN COUNTY WIDE-SOME SECONDARY
ROADS CLOSED
0110 PM VANCEBURG KY FLOODING
03/01/97 LEWIS COUNTY WIDE-SEVERAL ROADS
COVERED WITH WATER
0145 PM MAYSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MASON A FEW SMALL BRIDGES WASHED
OUT
0230 PM PORTSMOUTH OH FLOODING
03/01/97 SCIOTO COUNTY WIDE-WATER IN
HOUSES, CARS WASHED AWAY,
TRAILER WASHED AWAY, 30
HOMES EVACUATED, 300-400
HOMES AFFECTED BY FLOODING
0305 PM BROOKSVILLE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 BRACKEN SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH
WATER
0310 PM CARROLLTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 CARROLL COUNTY WIDE-SEVERAL ROADS
CLOSED
0315 PM WARSAW KY FLOODING
03/01/97 GALLATIN COUNTY WIDE-SEVERAL ROADS
CLOSED
0320 PM DRY RIDGE KY FLOODING
03/01/97 GRANT COUNTY WIDE- WATER
COVERING NUMEROUS ROADS
0320 PM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON PEOPLE EVACUATED IN
SHOEMAKER TOWN
0325 PM FALMOUTH KY FLOODING
03/01/97 PENDLETON COUNTY WIDE-WATER COVERING
NUMEROUS ROADS, PORTIONS
OF STATE ROUTE 609 AND 159
WASHED OUT
0325 PM MT OLIVET KY FLOODING
03/01/97 ROBERTSON COUNTY WIDE-WATER COVERING
A FEW ROADS
0330 PM OWENTON KY FLOODING
03/01/97 OWEN COUNTY WIDE-NUMEROUS ROADS
COVERED WITH WATER,
SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED
0340 PM GEORGETOWN OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN SOUTHERN HALF OF
COUNTY-ROADS CLOSED
0345 PM RIPLEY OH FLOODING
03/01/97 BROWN BRIDGE WASHED OUT, SEVERAL
HOMES FLOODED NEAR BEETLE
CREEK.
0350 PM VANCEBURG KY FLOODING
03/01/97 LEWIS COUNTY WIDE-PEOPLE BEING
EVACUATED, 5 ROADS CLOSED,
NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED
B WITH WATER
0430 PM BLUE CREEK OH FLOODING
ADAMS 2 FATALITIES
INNESSpecial weather statement, Mar 1, 8:50 PM EST, 32 minutes before
KYZ094-098>100-020800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 850 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 3 AM... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY LATER TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT...WARM MOIST AIR IS IN PLACE. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR OWEN...ROBERTSON...MASON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 8:53 PM EST, 29 minutes before
KYZ094-098>100-020800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 850 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 3 AM... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY LATER TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT...WARM MOIST AIR IS IN PLACE. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR OWEN...ROBERTSON...MASON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton, Robertson | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 11:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Robertson | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:54 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen, Pendleton | 8 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.