Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1997, 6:26 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 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
- May 18, 1997, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1997, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fairfield County, OH, Licking 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1311 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
206 WUUS01 KILN 182227 RRA SVRILN OHC089-182300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 626 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL OHIO ...FAIRFIELD COUNTY AT 625 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GROVEPORT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT PICKERINGTON...BALTIMORE AND MILLERSPORT. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF COLUMBUS. 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 TALL TREES. CROUCH NEAR THE GROUND AND COVER YOUR HEAD. WILKINSON
1 follow-up statement
260 WUUS01 KILN 182235 RRB SVRILN OHC045-182300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED CODING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 626 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL OHIO ...FAIRFIELD COUNTY AT 625 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GROVEPORT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT PICKERINGTON...BALTIMORE AND MILLERSPORT. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF COLUMBUS. 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 TALL TREES. CROUCH NEAR THE GROUND AND COVER YOUR HEAD. WILKINSON $$ ...CORRECTED TO CHANGE CODING TO FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
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 18, 3:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 306 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 1997 TSRA DEVELOPING ACROSS FA THIS PM WITH SOME GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED WITHIN LAST HALF HOUR IN HARDIN COUNTY NEAR ROUNDHEAD. XPCT STORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOPING THIS PM INTO THE EVENING. SCT STORMS POSSIBLE THRU MON. SHOULD HAVE MORE CLOUDS TOMORROW SO INSTABILITY WL BE WEAKER....BUT ENUF FOR POSSIBLE SVR. CLE...WRK ZONES LOOK GOOD. WILKINSON,
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 18, 5:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
513 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0427 PM LAFAYETTE OH WIND DAMAGE
05/18/97 ALLEN ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN/POWER
LINES DOWN 1 TREE DOWN
0500 PM NEW CARLISLE OH .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 CLARKLocal storm report, May 18, 5:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
513 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0427 PM LAFAYETTE OH WIND DAMAGE
05/18/97 ALLEN ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN/POWER
LINES DOWN 1 TREE DOWN
0500 PM NEW CARLISLE OH .88 INCH HAIL
05/18/97 CLARKLocal storm report, May 18, 5:30 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
530 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM MECHANICSBURG OH WIND DAMAGE
05/18/97 CHAMPAIGN SEVERAL TREES DOWN/ROOF
BLOWN OFF BARNLocal storm report, May 18, 5:31 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
530 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 P*M MECHANICSBURG OH WIND DAMAGE
05/18/97 CHAMPAIGN SEVERAL TREES DOWN/ROOF
BLOWN OFF BARNLocal storm report, May 18, 6:15 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
615 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM ROSEDALE OH WIND DAMAGE
05/18/97 MADISON 2 TREES DOWN
0552 PM MARYSVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
05/18/97 UNION SEVERAL TREES DOWN
0555 PM DELAWARE OH WIND DAMAGE
05/18/97 DELAWARE NUMEROUS TREES/POWER LINES
DOWNLocal storm report, May 18, 6:16 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
615 PM EDT SUN MAY 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM ROSEDALE OH WIND DAMAGE
05/18/97 MADISON 2 TREES DOWN
0552 PM MARYSVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
05/18/97 UNION SEVERAL TREES DOWN
0555 PM DELAWARE OH WIND DAMAGE
05/18/97 DELAWARE NUMEROUS TREES/POWER LINES
DOWNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 43 min |
| May 18, 4:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 42 min |
| May 18, 5:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 44 min |
| May 18, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 37 min |
| May 18, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Allen, Hardin | 29 min |
| May 18, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Allen | 41 min |
| May 18, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark | 30 min |
| May 18, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign | 27 min |
| May 18, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison, Union | 28 min |
| May 18, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 46 min |
| May 18, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 38 min |
| May 18, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 44 min |
Nearby
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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.