Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1997, 7:02 PM EDT for Buchanan County, Virginia. It was in force for 43 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, 7:02 PM EDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1997, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Buchanan County, VA
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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, 7:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Grundy, VA | Trees fell and blocked roads. |
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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 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 282304 RRA SVRCRW VAC027-282345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 702 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ...BUCHANAN COUNTY AT 702 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. << CALL TO ACTION >> IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN ...AND DEADLY LIGHTNTING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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, 4 hours 5 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, 4 hours 1 minute 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, 2 hours 4 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, 2 hours 3 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, 5:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
558 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0440 PM NEW HAVEN WV WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 MASON TREES DOWN 2 NW OF NEW
HAVEN...AT HARTFORD
0451 PM ELIZABETH WV WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 WIRT TREES DOWN
0500 PM POINT PLEASANT WV WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 MASON TREES DOWN
0500 PM NEW HAVEN WV WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 MASON TREES DOWN
0500 PM GLENWOOD WV WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 MASON TREES DOWN
0530 PM IRONTON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 LAWRENCE TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD
1 NEAR IRONTONLocal storm report, Jul 28, 5:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
558 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0440 PM NEW HAVEN WV WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 MASON TREES DOWN 2 NW OF NEW
HAVEN...AT HARTFORD
0451 PM ELIZABETH WV WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 WIRT TREES DOWN
0500 PM POINT PLEASANT WV WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 MASON TREES DOWN
0500 PM NEW HAVEN WV WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 MASON TREES DOWN
0500 PM GLENWOOD WV WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 MASON TREES DOWN
0530 PM IRONTON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97 LAWRENCE TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD
1 NEAR IRONTONNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 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.