Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1997, 5:15 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 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 28, 1997, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1997, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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, 5:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Ironton, OH |
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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 985 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 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.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 282116 RRA SVRCRW OHC087-282200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 515 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 515 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. << CALL TO ACTION >> THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A S PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. END/JAP
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, Jul 28, 2:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
OHZ076-282000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 257 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN...CENTRAL... AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL..WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAUSE MINOR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS....ESPECIALLY ON AREA ROADS. END/PACKETT
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
OHZ076-282000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 257 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN...CENTRAL... AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF WASHIN GTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL..WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAUSE MINOR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS....ESPECIALLY ON AREA ROADS. END/PACKETT
Local storm report, Jul 28, 4:58 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
458 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 PM MARIETTA OH WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 WASHINGTON SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN NEAR MARIETTA
0335 PM ROCKPORT WV WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 WOOD TREES DOWN ON RT 2... 1/2
MI NORTH OF JACKSON COUNTY
BORDERLocal storm report, Jul 28, 4:59 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
458 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 PM MARIETTA OH WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 WASHINGTON SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN NEAR MARIETTA
0335 PM ROCKPORT WV WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 WOOD TREES DOWN ON RT 2... 1/2
MI NORTH OF JACKSON COUNTY
BORDERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan, Washington | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.