Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1997, 2:34 PM EDT for Marion County, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports 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 28, 1997, 2:34 PM EDT (18:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1997, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marion County, WV, Monongalia County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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 28, 2:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Mannington, WV | Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| Jul 28, 2:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgantown, WV | Power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
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 28, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 448 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIT 281831 RRA SVRPIT MDC023-WVC049-061-077-281915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 234 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN THE MARYLAND PANHANDLE ...GARRETT COUNTY IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...MARION COUNTY...MONONGALIA COUNTY...PRESTON COUNTY AT 230 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY EXTENDING BACK INTO WETZEL COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS THAT HAVE DOWNED TREES. DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR APPLIANCES UNLESS IT'S AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
100 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997
TIME(EST) ....CITY LOCATION.... STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION...
1150 AM COSHOCTON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 COSHOCTON TREE LIMBS DOWN
1249 PM BARNESVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 BELMONT BARN BLOWN DOWNLocal storm report, Jul 28, 1:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
100 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997
TIME(EST) ....CITY LOCATION.... STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION...
1150 AM COSHOCTON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 COSHOCTON TREE LIMBS DOWN
1249 PM BARNESVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 BELMONT BARN BLOWN DOWNSpecial weather statement, Jul 28, 2:04 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
PAZ021-031-030-032-0
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:15 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PAZ013>016-020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-MDZ001-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 215 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 A SEVERE STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 700 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST VIRGINIA MARION... MONONAGALIA... PRESTON... TUCKER IN PENNSYLVANIA ALLEGHENY... WASHINGTON... GREENE... FAYETTE... WESTMORELAND IN MARYLAND GARRETT A COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME THAT MAY BE SEVERE... WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AS A RESULT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 700 PM FOR THE ABOVE COUNTIES. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. HAVE A SAFE SHELTER NEARBY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY UPDATED WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO...TV OR CABLE TV STATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:17 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PAZ013>016-020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-MDZ001-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 215 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 A SEVERE STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 700 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST VIRGINIA MARION... MONONAGALIA... PRESTON... TUCKER IN PENNSYLVANIA ALLEGHENY... WASHINGTON... GREENE... FAYETTE... WESTMORELAND IN MARYLAND GARRETT A COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME THAT MAY BE SEVERE... WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AS A RESULT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 700 PM FOR THE ABOVE COUNTIES. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. HAVE A SAFE SHELTER NEARBY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY UPDATED WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO...TV OR CABLE TV STATION.
Local storm report, Jul 28, 2:30 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
230 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997
TIME(EST) ....CITY LOCATION.... STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION...
1150 AM COSHOCTON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 COSHOCTON TREE LIMBS DOWN
1249 PM BARNESVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 BELMONT BARN BLOWN DOWN
0200 PM SCENERY HILL PA WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 WASHINGTON NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0200 PM WAYNESBURG PA WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 GREENE TREES DOWN
215 PM UNIONTOWN PA WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 FAYETTE TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY
PALKOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 42 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.