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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Charleston, WV

June 2, 1997Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1997, 4:09 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 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
Jun 2, 1997, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1997, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 1997-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 1997-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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 022008 RRA
SVRCRW
OHC167-022115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
409 PM EDT MON JUN 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THIS
STORM IS DRIFTING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THE STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING 1 INCH HAIL AND 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 1 HOUR.
 
<< 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 9:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington3 hr
Jun 2, 5:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWashington4 hr
Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence60 min
Jun 2, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Meigs62 min
Jun 2, 7:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXVinton3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 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.