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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Charleston, WV

August 17, 19974 counties in Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1997, 4:06 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 54 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 17, 1997, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 1997, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Vinton County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 17, 4:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindRutland, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 17, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 1997-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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 1997-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-211 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 172006 RRA
SVRCRW
KYC043-089-OHC053-079-105-163-172100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
406 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...CARTER COUNTY...GREENUP COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...GALLIA COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY...MEIGS COUNTY
   ...VINTON COUNTY
 
A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH WILL
BECOME SEVERE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTENSIVE WIND
DAMAGE ACROSS A LARGE AREA.
 
<< 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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 12:57 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry2 hr
Aug 17, 12:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson58 min
Aug 17, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXVinton59 min
Aug 17, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Meigs55 min
Aug 17, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson15 min
Aug 17, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Washington57 min
Aug 17, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia44 min
Aug 17, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence49 min
Aug 17, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence43 min
Aug 17, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence55 min
Aug 17, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens55 min

Nearby

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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.