Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1997, 8:44 PM EDT for Gallia County, Meigs County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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
- Jul 2, 1997, 8:44 PM EDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1997, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gallia County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Vinton County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 9:16 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Gallipolis, OH | Several trees were blown down in the city. One damaged a parked car. |
| Jul 2, 9:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Mc Arthur, OH | |
| Jul 2, 9:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleport, OH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 030045 RRA SVRCRW OHC053-105-163-030130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 844 PM EDT WED JUL 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...GALLIA COUNTY...MEIGS COUNTY...SOUTHERN VINTON COUNTY CHARLESTON RADAR HAS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN VINTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING RADCLIFF...HAWK...WILKESVILLE. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE MOVING INTO GALLIA COUNTY WITHIN 15 MINUTES. THE TOWNS OF ALICE AND VINTON. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE MOVING INTO MEIGS COUNTY WITHIN 15 MINUTES. << CALL TO ACTION >> A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED REMEMBER, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNAD WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.