Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Charleston, WV

May 19, 1997Gilmer County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1997, 8:25 PM EDT for Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 20 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
May 19, 1997, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1997, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Gilmer County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1997-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 529 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1997-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -68 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
529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

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

878 
WUUS1 KCRW 200027 RRA
SVRCRW
WVC021-200045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
825 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...GILMER COUNTY
 
DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO
NORTHERN GILMER COUNTY NORTH OF THE COMMUNITY OF NEWBERNE. THE STORM IS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT GILMER COUNTY NORTH OF
WEST VIRGINIA ROUTE 47.
 
 
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.