Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1997, 10:22 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Ohio. 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
- Jun 25, 1997, 10:22 PM EDT (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1997, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 2026 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
554
WUUS01 KILN 260223 RRA
SVRILN
OHC113-260300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1022 PM EDT WED JUN 25 1997
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
AT 1020 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON
DOPPLER RADAR NEAR ARLINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
I-70 AT MILE MARKER 25 BY 1029 PM EDT
ENGLEWOOD BY 1036 PM EDT
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 LARGE TREES. CROUCH NEAR THE GROUND AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
WILKINSONWhat 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, 8:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 8:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 852 PM EDT WED JUN 25 1997 00Z SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED A CDFNT ACROSS NRN OH EXTENDING BACK INTO W-CNTRL IN AND THEN SWD INTO SRN IL. A WK WAVE WAS LOCATED IN W-CNTRL IN. KIND 88D SHOWED ENHANCED TSRA ACTIVITY WITH THIS WAVE. THIS AREA WL PUSH INTO THE DAY VC THRU THE EVENING HOURS WITH POSSIBLE SVR THREAT THERE. ELSEWHERE...TSRA WL CONT PUSHING SWD ACROSS CNTRL AND SRN PARTS OF FA. MAIN THREAT WL BE LOCALLY +RA AS ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN CREATING SOME TRAINING OVERNIGHT. POSSIBLE +RA SHOULD BE MENTIONED IN ALL AREAS AND POPS INCREASED TO LIKELY IN SRN FA. WILKINSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:34 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 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, 5 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, 9:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024-025-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-260400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 912 PM EDT WED JUN 25 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA AND PARTS OF WEST-CENTRAL OHIO... THE COUNTIES ELIMINATED FROM THE WATCH AREA IN WEST-CENTRAL OHIO INCLUDE PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT...AND ALLEN. AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT EASTERN INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER... WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WILKINSON
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024-025-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-260400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 912 PM EDT WED JUN 25 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA AND PARTS OF WEST-CENTRAL OHIO... THE COUNTIES ELIMINATED FROM THE WATCH AREA IN WEST-CENTRAL OHIO INCLUDE PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT...AND ALLEN. AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT EASTERN INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER... WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.