Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1997, 7:21 PM EDT for Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 25, 1997, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1997, 8:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 54 | Columbus Grove, OH | An observer measured a gust to 64 mph. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 1032 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS01 KILN 252323 RRA
SVRILN
OHC137-260010-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
721 PM EDT WED JUN 25 1997
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 810 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO
...PUTNAM COUNTY
AT 719 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON
DOPPLER RADAR 7 MILES NORTH OF OTTAWA MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
LEIPSIC BY 725 PM EDT
BELMORE BY 731 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.
LOTTWhat 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 Jun 25, 2:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 250 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1997 RDG WL CONTINUE TO BREAK DOWN THIS EVE INTO THU...AND SFC FRNT/ASSOCIATED WK MID/UPR LVL TROF WL GRADUALLY MOVE THRU REGION LATE TONITE AND THU. WELL AHEAD OF FRNT...SCT SHRA/TSRA ALREADY DEVELOPING ACRS S SECTIONS OF CWA...WITH NUMEROUS TSTMS OVER HILLY GROUND JUST S/E OF SCIOTO/LEWIS COUNTIES. WITH VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ACRS REGION...CONDITIONS WL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SCT TSRA TO DEVELOP ANYWHERE ACRS CWA INTO THIS EVE...WITH ISOLD SVR (WET MICROBURST) PSBL. ACRS NW...ACTIVITY SHUD BECOME MORE WDSPRD THIS EVE AS COLD FRNT APPROACHES. MANY SUBTLE DIFFERENCES IN MDL SOLNS CONCERNING THIS SYSTEM. OVERALL...XPCT FROPA IN NW COUNTIES BY EARLY THU AM BUT NOT ACRS SE COUNTIES UNTIL LATE THU AFTN. REASONABLE TO EXPECT SCT TO NUMRS SHRA/TSRA ASSOCIATED WITH BNDRY...SO LIKELY POPS IN ORDER AT SOME POINT OVERNITE ACRS ALL OF CWA. PCPN TIMING WL BE TRICKY. ACRS LIMA/DAY/RICHMOND AREAS...CUD BE SHRA/TSRA ANYTIME TONIGHT. FARTHER S/E...CMH THRU CVG...MAY BE A BREAK AFTER EVE TSTMS... THEN SHRA/TSRA SHUD REDEVELOP LATER TONITE. FOR FAR SE... PORTSMOUTH/MAYSVILLE...AFTER EVE TSTMS DIMINISH MAY NOT BE ANY ADDL ACTIVITY UNTIL VERY LATE TONITE OR EARLY THU AM. PWATS QUITE HI ACRS REGION AHEAD OF FRNT TONITE INTO THU...AND POTENTIAL FOR ECHO TRAINING EXISTS WITH SLOW MOVG SFC FRNT/WND FIELDS PARALLEL TO FRNT...SO FCSTS SHUD MENTION CHC FOR HVY RAFL. HOWEVER...AREA AVG RAFL SHUD REMAIN BLO RELATVELY HI FLASH FLOOD GUIDC. THU...CHC POPS IN ORDER EARLY ACRS NW...LIKELY POPS THRU MIDDAY CVG-DAY-CMH...AND LIKELY POPS THRU MOST OF DAY PORTSMOUTH. AFTER FROPA...XPCT INCR SS AND GRADUAL DRYING FROM NW TO SE. CUD STILL BE AN EVE TSRA FAR SE THU...O/W M/CLR...COOLER AND MUCH LESS HUMID AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO REGION. FRI...SUNNY AND WARM. WL HOLD TMPS ABV MOS TONITE...WL NOT FALL BLO 70 AT MANY LOCATIONS. THU...WL LjEAN TWD HIER NGM MOS TMPS. THU NITE...LOS LWR 60S SE AND NR 60 ELSEWHERE. MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AVN AND NGM MOS TMPS FRI... WL COMPROMISE. CVG 72/85/61/85 6600 DAY 70/84/60/85 6600 CMH 71/85/60/86 6600 ROWLEY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-260100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 320 PM EDT (220 PM EST) WED JUN 25 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT (8 PM EST) AND INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF RICHMOND... BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES AND VEVAY. A COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY PUSH INTO NORTHWESTERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FRONT... CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WITHIN OR MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH. YOU ARE URGED TO FREQUENTLY CHECK WITH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR COMMERCIAL OR CABLE TELEVISION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR UPDATED INFORMATION...INCLUDING POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ROWLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082- 088-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 434 PM EDT WED JUN 25 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO... SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE LIMA...DAYTON...COLUMBUS... CINCINNATI... AND SPRINGFIELD. A COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY PUSH INTO NORTHERN INDIANA THIS EVENING. WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FRONT... CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WITHIN OR MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH. YOU ARE URGED TO FREQUENTLY CHECK WITH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR COMMERCIAL OR CABLE TELEVISION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR UPDATED INFORMATION...INCLUDING POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WILKINSON
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082- 088-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 434 PM EDT WED JUN 25 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO... SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE LIMA...DAYTON...COLUMBUS... CINCINNATI... AND SPRINGFIELD. A COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY PUSH INTO NORTHERN INDIANA THIS EVENING. WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FRONT... CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WITHIN OR MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH. YOU ARE URGED TO FREQUENTLY CHECK WITH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR COMMERCIAL OR CABLE TELEVISION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR UPDATED INFORMATION...INCLUDING POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WILKINSON
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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.