Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Charleston, WV

August 15, 1997Jackson County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1997, 2:46 PM EDT for Jackson County, West Virginia. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 1997, 2:46 PM EDT (18:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 1997, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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 1997-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 835 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 1997-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 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
835 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 151849 RRA
SVRCRW
WVC035-151915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
246 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 244 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
EAST INTO WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY AT 35 MPH. THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM THIS
STORM IS STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WILL
PASS JUST NORTH OF THE TOWN OF KENNA.
 
 
<< 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 DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
.END/STRUBLE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell35 min
Aug 15, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoane38 min
Aug 15, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.