Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1997, 6:08 PM EDT for Boone County, West Virginia. It was in force for 52 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, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1997, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boone County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 6:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Racine, 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 nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 916 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 172209 RRA SVRCRW WVC005-172300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 608 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...BOONE COUNTY RADAR INDICATES THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS DEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. << 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.
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
Local storm report, Aug 17, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
438 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0115 PM POMEROY OH WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 MEIGS NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED FROM
CHESTER...TO POMEROY AND
RUTLAND. TREES DOWNED ON
RTE 7 EAST IN MEIGS
GOUNTY.
0310 PM PROCTORVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 LAWRENCE MANY DOWNED TREES...NUMBER
DOWNED REPORTED IN THE
HUNDREDS BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER...ALONG STATE
ROUTE 775 NORTH OF
PROCTORVILLE.
0330 PM GREEN BOTTOM WV WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 CABELL SEVERAL TREES AND BRANCHES
DOWNED
0400 PM KY WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 BOYD SEVERAL TREES DOWNED 12
MILES EAST OF
GRAYSON...JUST OVER THE
BOYD COUNTY LINELocal storm report, Aug 17, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
438 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0115 PM POMEROY OH WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 MEIGS NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED FROM
CHESTER...TO POMEROY AND
RUTLAND. TREES DOWNED ON
RTE 7 EAST IN MEIGS
GOUNTY.
0310 PM PROCTORVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 LAWRENCE MANY DOWNED TREES...NUMBER
DOWNED REPORTED IN THE
HUNDREDS BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER...ALONG STATE
ROUTE 775 NORTH OF
PROCTORVILLE.
0330 PM GREEN BOTTOM WV WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 CABELL SEVERAL TREES AND BRANCHES
DOWNED
0400 PM KY WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 BOYD SEVERAL TREES DOWNED 12
MILES EAST OF
GRAYSON...JUST OVER THE
BOYD COUNTY LINELocal storm report, Aug 17, 5:18 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
520 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0220 PM GRAYSON KY WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 CARTER MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED
DOWNED IN COUNTY
0345 PM WV WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 MASON WIDESPREAD TREES DOWNED IN
SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY.
0400 PM BUFFALO WV WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 PUTNAM TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED
0445 PM ASHLAND KY WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 BOYD A FEW TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWNED
0446 PM POINT PLEASANT WV WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 MASON SEVERAL TREES DOWNED
0448 PM PROCTORVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 LAWRENCE LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN
PROCTORVILLE
0450 PM SUTTON WV WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 BRAXTON SEVERAL TREES DOWNED
0450 PM HUNTINGTON WV WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 CABELL LARGE BRANCHES AND 1 TREE
DOWN NEAR MARSHALL
UNIVERSITYLocal storm report, Aug 17, 5:20 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
520 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0220 PM GRAYSON KY WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 CARTER MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED
DOWNED IN COUNTY
0345 PM WV WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 MASON WIDESPREAD TREES DOWNED IN
SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY.
0400 PM BUFFALO WV WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 PUTNAM TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED
0445 PM ASHLAND KY WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 BOYD A FEW TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWNED
0446 PM POINT PLEASANT WV WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 MASON SEVERAL TREES DOWNED
0448 PM PROCTORVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 LAWRENCE LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN
PROCTORVILLE
0450 PM SUTTON WV WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 BRAXTON SEVERAL TREES DOWNED
0450 PM HUNTINGTON WV WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97 CABELL LARGE BRANCHES AND 1 TREE
DOWN NEAR MARSHALL
UNIVERSITYThe 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, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 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, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 42 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.