Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1997, 8:19 AM EDT for Mason County, West Virginia. It was in force for 26 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
- Aug 4, 1997, 8:19 AM EDT (12:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1997, 8:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mason County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 8:30 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Arbuckle, WV | Fallen large trees blocked Cain Ridge Road. |
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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1010 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 041220 RRA SVRCRW WVC053-041245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 819 AM EDT MON AUG 4 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA ...CENTRAL MASON COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH ACROSS MASON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHSIDE ALONG ROUTE 35. << CALL TO ACTION >> WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD 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
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
WVZ009>011-OHZ066-067-075-076-084-041030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 530 AM EDT MON AUG 4 1997 EARLY MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST OHIO. AT 5:30 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS NEAR NEW LEXINGTON OF PERRY COUNTY AND LOGAN OF HOCKING COUNTY. THE RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE RAIN WILL REACH FOLKS NEAR MCCONNELSVILLE...ATHENS...AND MCARTHER BETWEEN 6 AND 6:30 AM...THEN INTO THE MARIETTA AND PARKERSBURG VICINITY BEFORE 7 AM. SOME SHOWERS COULD CONTAIN A DOWNPOUR. ALLOW SOME EXTRA TIME FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
WVZ009>011-OHZ066-067-075-076-084-041030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 530 AM EDT MON AUG 4 1997 EARLY MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST OHIO. AT 5:30 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS NEAR NEW LEXINGTON OF PERRY COUNTY AND LOGAN OF HOCKING COUNTY. THE RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE RAIN WILL REACH FOLKS NEAR MCCONNELSVILLE...ATHENS...AND MCARTHER BETWEEN 6 AND 6:30 AM...THEN INTO THE MARIETTA AND PARKERSBURG VICINITY BEFORE 7 AM. SOME SHOWERS COULD CONTAIN A DOWNPOUR. ALLOW SOME EXTRA TIME FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West 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.