Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Charleston, WV

August 4, 1997Jackson County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1997, 4:17 PM EDT for Jackson County, West Virginia. It was in force for 28 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, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 1997, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, WV

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 4, 4:20 PM EDTHail 0.75Fair Plain, 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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1997-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1010 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1997-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

748 
WUUS1 KCRW 042018 RRA
SVRCRW
WVC035-042045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
417 PM EDT MON AUG 4 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY
 
DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING JUST
SOUTH OF RIPLEY...THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS
STORM WILL PASS NEAR GIVEN AND ROCKCASTLE IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES.
 
<< CALL TO ACTION >> SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN.FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS
QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
GRAF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 8:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason26 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.