Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 5, 1997, 2:51 AM EST for Logan County, Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 39 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
- Jan 5, 1997, 2:51 AM EST (07:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 1997, 3:30 AM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 3:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Breeden, WV | |
| Jan 5, 3:05 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Holden, WV |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 12:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Special weather statement, Jan 5, 1:40 AM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>034-039-040-VAZ003-004-OHZ066-067-075-076- 083>087-KYZ101>103-105-051100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 140 AM EST SUN JAN 5 1997 FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL OHIO VALLEY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO ...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...THE TENNESSEE RIVER DRAINAGE IN VIRGINIA ...AND SOUTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 545 AM EST THIS MORNING. AT 130 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM LONDON KY NORTH ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER JUST WEST OF PORTSMOUTH OH ON UP TO COLUMBUS OH. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN OHIO AND KENTUCKY DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. AT THE PRESENT RATE OF PROGRESS...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL STRIKE HUNTINGTON WV AT 230 TO 300 AM EST AND WILL REACH CHARLESTON WV AND PARKERSBURG WV ABOUT 400 TO 430 AM EST THIS MORNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA. WATCH FOR UNUSUALLY THREATENING CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR ANY WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE ISSUED FOR YOUR COUNTY. EOM
Special weather statement, Jan 5, 1:45 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>034-039-040-VAZ003-004-OHZ066-067-075-076- 083>087-KYZ101>103-105-051100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 140 AM EST SUN JAN 5 1997 FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL OHIO VALLEY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO ...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...THE TENNESSEE RIVER DRAINAGE IN VIRGINIA ...AND SOUTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 545 AM EST THIS MORNING. AT 130 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM LONDON KY NORTH ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER JUST WEST OF PORTSMOUTH OH ON UP TO COLUMBUS OH. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN OHIO AND KENTUCKY DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. AT THE PRESENT RATE OF PROGRESS...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL STRIKE HUNTINGTON WV AT 230 TO 300 AM EST AND WILL REACH CHARLESTON WV AND PARKERSBURG WV ABOUT 400 TO 430 AM EST THIS MORNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA. WATCH FOR UNUSUALLY THREATENING CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR ANY WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE ISSUED FOR YOUR COUNTY. EOM
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.