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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 3, 1997Franklin County, Licking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1997, 1:03 PM EDT for Franklin County, Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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: May 3, 1997, 1:03 PM EDT (17:03 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 1997, 1:30 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, OH, Licking County, OH

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 3, 1:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60	Pataskala, OH	Numerous trees 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 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 109 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KILN 031706 RRA
SVRILN
OHC049-089-031730-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
103 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL OHIO

   ...FRANKLIN AND LICKING COUNTIES
 
AT 1257 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON
DOPPLER RADAR IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF COLUMBUS NEAR GAHANNA.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
        NEW ALBANY BY 110 PM
        ALEXANDRIA BY 115 PM
        VANATTA BY 125 PM 
 
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
LHARGE TREES. CROUCH NEAR THE GROUND AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

INNES

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 May 3, 9:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 9:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
950 AM EDT SAT MAY 3 1997

LTST SFC ANLYS SHWG LOW PRES OVR WRN LK ERIE WITH BROAD TROF XTNDG
BACK TO THE SW. WND SHFT LINE/SFC BNDRY XTNDS FM NR TOL THRU FWA TO
ARND STL WITH DWPTS AHD OF THIS STILL IN THE LOW TO MID 50S. AREA
RADARS SHWG BROAD AREA OF SHWR ACTVTY PIVOTING ACRS NRN IND WITH WDLY
SCT SHWS/FEW TSTMS OUT AHD OF IT ACRS MUCH OF FA. DRY SLOT CRNTLY
MOVG ACRS WRN/CNTRL OH WITH VSBL SAT IMGRY INDCTG SOME POCKETS OF
CLRG ACRS GOOD PART OF FA. WITH COOLING ALF THRU MID AFTN AND SOME
BRIEF PDS OF SUN THIS MRNG...AMS SHUD CONT TO DSTBLZ. 12Z ILN SNDG
HAD LI OF -1 AND MODIFIED USING 00Z ETA GRID DATA FOR 18Z...GIVES
LI/S OF -5 TO -6 AND CAPES TO ARND 1000 WITH WBZ OF 7500 FT. CRNT
CLR AREAS SHUD CLD UP PRETTY QUICKLY THRU RMNDR MRNG SO HOPEFULLY
TMPS WONT CLIMB TOO MUCH AND WITH SFC TROF SWINGING THRU THIS AFTN
...TEMPS SHUD LVL OFF AND BEGIN TO DRP. STILL THO...WITH WRAP ARND
MSTR MOVG THRU...SHWRS LOOK LIKE GOOD BET ACRS FA TDA WITH HIEST
POPS ACRS N. SOME TSTMS ALSO PSBL AS AMS DSTBLZS...ESPCLY ACRS S
AND WITH FAVORABLE WBZ...WL HAVE TO WATCH FOR HAILERS. WITH SUN ERLY
AND SFC TROF MOVG THRU THIS AFTN.X..SHUD SEE HI TMPS THIS MRNG WITH
TMPS FALLING OFF THRU ERLY AFTN NW AND MID/ AFTN RMNDR FA. XCPTN MAY
BE ACRS PMH AREA WHR TMPS SHUD HOLD FAIRLY STDY THRU MUCH OF AFTN.

LOTT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 12:47 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1247 PM EDT THU MAY 03 1997

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

1050 AM    PATASKALA                 OH   .88 INCH HAIL
05/03/97   LICKING                        3 MILES WEST OF PATASKALA
                                          THREE QUARTERS TO AN INCH
                                          SIZE HAIL.

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.