Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1997, 7:22 PM EDT for Campbell County, Kenton County, Kentucky; Hamilton County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 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
- Jul 2, 1997, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1997, 7:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Campbell County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Hamilton County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Ft Wright, KY | 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 022322 RRA TORILN KYC037-117-OHC061-022355- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 722 PM EDT WED JUL 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 755 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO ...HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY ...CAMPBELL COUNTY ...KENTON COUNTY AT 719 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO JUST WEST OF DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI...VERY CLOSE TO THE OHIO RIVER. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT AREAS BETWEEN CINCINNATI AND COVINGTON...ALONG THE OHIO RIVER...BY 755 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...A BASEMENT OR STORM CELLAR OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. A GOOD ALTERNATIVE SHELTER IS AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSEST ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS.z..PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 2, 2:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 232 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997 TORNADO WW 554 IN EFFECT UNTIL 00Z THU FOR MUCH OF WRN OH AND E-CNTRL IN. LINE TSRA WL PUSH ACROSS CWA THRU LATE PM AND EVENING WITH POSSIBLE SVR WX...MAINLY N OF OH RIVER. FNT WL SWEEP THRU AREA BY MIDNIGHT WITH MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS. WL NEED TO ADD CHC OF SHRA/TSRA FOR THU NIGHT AND FRI. CVG 66/82/67/80 305 DAY 65/81/66/78 504 CMH 67/82/65/78 503 WILKINSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:54 PM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>044-051>053-060>062-070-071-INZ 050-058-059-066-030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 154 PM EDT (1254 PM EST) WED JUL 2 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND MUCH OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 800 PM EDT (700 PM EST)... SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE LIMA...SPRINGFIELD...DAYTON ...AND RICHMOND INDIANA. A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WAS MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN INDIANA. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY RAPIDLY WHILE MOVING EASTWARD. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT THE WATCH AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...THE STRUCTURE OF THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE SUGGESTS THAT ISOLATED TORNAOES ARE POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE NORTHWESTERN SKY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WILKINSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082- 088-KYZ091>093-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-030400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 352 PM EDT (252 PM EST WED JUL 2 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS OHIO...EASTERN INDIANA...AND EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WAS DRAGGING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED. THE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THESE STORMS WAS EXTREMEMLY UNSTABLE. THUS..THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ENTER WEST-CENTRAL OHIO...EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...AND THE WESTERN MIAMI VALLEY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND THEN MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO DURING THE EVENING HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS LATER TONIGHT. HOWEVER....ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN WEST-CENTRAL OHIO. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. WILKINSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056- 060>065-070>074-022310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 512 PM EDT (410 PM EST) WED JUL 2 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WHITEWATER VALLEY OF INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO NORTH OF CINCINNATI UNTIL 8 PM EDT... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO CROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON TO GREENFIELD TO CHILLICOTHE. REMEMBER THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. IF TORNADO WARNINGS ARE ISSUED...MOVE TO YOUR BASEMENT...UNDER A STAIRCASE OR STRONG WORKBENCH. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A BASEMENT...MOVE INTO A STRONG INTERIOR ROOM OF YOUR HOUSE. MOBILE HOMES DO NOT OFFER ENOUGH PROTECTION FROM TORNADO WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE TORNADO WATCHES. FARINA
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KYZ089>100-OHZ077>082-088-030310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 607 PM EDT WED JUL 2 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY THROUGH 11 PM EDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO. THESE STORMS WILL DEVELOP SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE EVENING CLIPPING PARTS OF SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. REMEMBER THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. IF TORNADO WARNINGS ARE ISSUED...TAKE COVER INSIDE YOUR BASEMENT OR STRONG INTERIOR ROOM OF YOUR HOUSE. MOBILE HOMES DO NOT OFFER ENOUGH PROTECTION FROM TORNADO WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERING THESE THUNDERSTORMS. FARINA
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
KYZ089>100-OHZ077>082-088-030310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 607 PM EDT WED JUL 2 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY THROUGH 11 PM EDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO. THESE STORMS WILL DEVELOP SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE EVENING CLIPPING PARTS OF SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. REMEMBER THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. IF TORNADO WARNINGS ARE ISSUED...TAKE COVER INSIDE YOUR BASEMENT OR STRONG INTERIOR ROOM OF YOUR HOUSE. MOBILE HOMES DO NOT OFFER ENOUGH PROTECTION FR&OM TORNADO WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERING THESE THUNDERSTORMS. FARINA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 7:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Campbell | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer, Van Wert | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Preble | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Union | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Franklin | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery, Warren | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Warren | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Greene | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland, Ross | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Warren | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.