Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1997, 4:30 PM EDT for Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 60 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, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1997, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 5:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Echo, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason, Putnam | 66 min |
| Aug 17, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Roane | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Lincoln, Putnam | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph, Upshur | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Nicholas | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 12:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Perry | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Vinton | 59 min |
| Aug 17, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 15 min |
| Aug 17, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 54 min |
| Aug 17, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 54 min |
| Aug 17, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd | 46 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.