Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 1997, 5:27 PM EST for Boone County, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 1, 1997, 5:27 PM EST (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 1997, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boone County, WV, Kanawha County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 5:36 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Seth, WV | |
| Mar 1, 5:45 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Chelyan, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 539 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 665 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 012227 RRA SVRCRW WVC005-039-012300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 527 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...BOONE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...SOUTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY AT 525 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN BOONE COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF RACINE NEAR SETH AND FOSTERVILLE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. IHAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN THE MADISON AREA. 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. EN D/JAP
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
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 3:42 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
KYZ105-012130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 342 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY BETWEEN 400 AND 430 PM... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH IS INDICATED BY RADAR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. END
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 3:47 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
KYZ105-012130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 342 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY BETWEEN 400 AND 430 PM..8. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH IS INDICATED BY RADAR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. END
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 4:24 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
WVZ005-006-013-024-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 424 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS LOOK TO AFFECT CABELL.. WAYNE..LINCOLN AND MINGO COUNTIES. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY BLOW THROUGH THE AREA. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY...AS WELL AS GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVIER RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING. ZINN
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 4:26 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
WVZ005-006-013-024-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 424 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS LOOK TO AFFECT CABELL.. WAYNE..LINCOLN AND MINGO COUNTIES. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY BLOW THROUGH THE AREA. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY...AS WELL AS GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVIER RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING. ZINN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:49 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:32 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Roane | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 5:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 5:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 4 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.