Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1997, 4:48 PM EDT for Clermont County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 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 19, 1997, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1997, 5:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clermont County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Bethel, OH | Numerous trees downed with some falling on residences and a church. |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
408
WUUS01 KILN 192050 RRA
SVRILN
OHC025-192120-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
448 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 520 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
...CLERMONT COUNTY
AT 447 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON
DOPPLER RADAR 7 MILES SOUTH OF BATAVIA MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
BETHEL BY 457 PM EDT
WILLIAMSBURG BY 500 PM EDT
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.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 19, 2:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 250 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 AT 17Z...THE CLD FRNT XTENDED ACRS ECNTRL MI SE TO SRN IL. SH AND TSTM WERE DEVELPING ACROSS ENTIRE CWA. SAT PICT SHOWS EXPLOSIVE DEV IN TN AND SRN KY WITH THE CU FIELD QUICKLY FILLING IN ACROSS SRN IN...NRN KY AND OH. XPECT THE SH AND TSTMS TO CONTINUE DEVELPING THIS AFT AS THE FRONT PUSHES E. THE PROBLEMS OF THE DAY ARE WHEN TO TIME OUT THE PRECIP THIS EVE AS WELL AS HOW COLD WILL TEMPS BE TONIGHT. MODELS ARE STILL IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ESP WITH THE EWRD PROGRESSION OF THE FRNT. XPECT THE FRNT TO BE E OF DAY AND CVG BY 00Z. THUS WILL SEE LINGERING SH AND TSTS IN THE W TO COME TO AN END THIS EVE. IN THE EAST...XPCT THE ACTIVITY END BY MID. FOR TON...DRYER AIR WL WORK IN FROM THE GREAT LKS SO SHOULD SEE PARTIAL CLEARING IN THE NW DURING THE OVERNIGHT HRS...AND DURING THE EARLY MORNING HRS ACRS CVG...CMH...DAY. WITH STRNG CAA MOVING IN OVERNIGHT...TEMPS WILL PLUMMET. 850 TEMPS BY 12Z TUE WILL RANGE BTWN 2 AND 7 ACRS THE AREA. AS FOR TUE...ANTICYCLONIC CURVATURE ALONG WITH NRLY FLOW AND CAA WILL BE THE DOM FEATURES. XPCT SOME CU TO DEV ESP ACROS THE N WHERE MOIST LEVELS WILL BE HIGHER. HOWEVER...SKIES SHOULD PRODIMANTLY BE PS WHILE SOME AREAS ESP IN KY MAY SEE MS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THE HIGH WILL CONT TO BUILD IN FROM W TUE NIGHT WHICH WL AID IN A CLEARING TREND TOWARD SUNSET. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL DROP INTO THE AREA WED. THUS XPECT TO SEE SOME CLOUDS DEV DURING THE DAY...MAINLY IN THE NORTH THOUGH. TEMPS WILL BE COLD AS 850 TEMPS REMAIN BELOW 0 ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. AS FOR TEMPS...TNK FAN NUMBERS ARlE A LITTLE ON THE COOL SIDE FOR TUE AND WED. SO TENDED TO LEAN MORE TOWARD MOS VALUES. CVG 49/65/42/63/44 5/0/0 DAY 47/63/42/61/43 5/0/0 CMH 48/62/40/60/41 7/0/0 INNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Paulding | 32 min |
| May 18, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Putnam, Van Wert | 49 min |
| May 19, 12:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Allen | 37 min |
| May 19, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 32 min |
| May 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 30 min |
| May 19, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Pike | 40 min |
| May 19, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ross | 40 min |
| May 19, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 60 min |
| May 19, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 30 min |
| May 19, 6:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 2 hr |
| May 19, 6:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 116 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.