Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1997, 11:39 PM EDT for McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 51 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, 11:39 PM EDT (03:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1997, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McDowell County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 12:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Iaeger, WV | |
| Jul 3, 12:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Coalwood, WV | Nineteen structures, including homes and mobile homes were damaged. In one location, trees were fallen coming down one side of a mountain, then again going up the other side, with little damage in the valley. |
| Jul 3, 12:15 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 030340 RRA SVRCRW WVC047-109-030430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1139 PM EDT WED JUL 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...MCDOWELL COUNTY...WYOMING COUNTY CHARLESTON RADAR HAS INIDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MINGO COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING WYOMING AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES. THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING R.D.BAILEY LAKE.. BAILEYSVILLE..AND HANOVER IN WYOMING COUNTY...AND IAEGER AND WELCH IN MCDOWELL COUNTY. << 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 FLO`OD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. END/SIKORA
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, Jul 2, 10:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1038 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON WV SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN TO POLICE DURING 8:30
TO 9:10 PM TIME PERIOD
0830 PM MC ARTHUR OH
07/02/97 VINTON UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD
REPORTED SOUTH OF MC
ARTHUR
0850 PM COALTON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED IN
COALTON AREA. TREES
BLOCKING ROADS.
0916 PM GALLIPOLIS OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 GALLIA MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED IN
GALLIPOLIS AND SURROUNDING
AREA. A TREE LANDED ON A
CAR.
0932 PM BLACKFORK JCT OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON SEVERAL TREES REPORTED
DOWNED
0935 PM MASON WV WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 MASON SEVERAL TREES DOWNED
1010 PM CHARLESTON YEAGER ARPT WV
07/02/97 KANAWHA FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
PILOT 10 MILES NORTH OF
YEAGER AIRPORTLocal storm report, Jul 2, 10:46 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1038 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON WV SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN TO POLICE DURING 8:30
TO 9:10 PM TIME PERIOD
0830 PM MC ARTHUR OH
07/02/97 VINTON UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD
REPORTED SOUTH OF MC
ARTHUR
0850 PM COALTON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED IN
COALTON AREA. TREES
BLOCKING ROADS.
0916 PM GALLIPOLIS OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 GALLIA MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED IN
GALLIPOLIS AND SURROUNDING
AREA. A TREE LANDED ON A
CAR.
0932 PM BLACKFORK JCT OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON SEVERAL TREES REPORTED
DOWNED
0935 PM MASON WV WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 MASON SEVERAL TREES DOWNED
1010 PM CHARLESTON YEAGER ARPT WV
07/02/97 KANAWHA FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
PILOT 10 MILES NORTH OF
` YEAGER AIRPORTLocal storm report, Jul 2, 10:49 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1038 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN TO POLICE DURING 8:30
TO 9:10 PM TIME PERIOD
0830 PM MC ARTHUR OH
07/02/97 VINTON UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD
REPORTED SOUTH OF MC
ARTHUR
0850 PM COALTON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED IN
COALTON AREA. TREES
BLOCKING ROADS.
0916 PM GALLIPOLIS OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 GALLIA MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED IN
GALLIPOLIS AND SURROUNDING
AREA. A TREE LANDED ON A
CAR.
0932 PM BLACKFORK JCT OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 JACKSON SEVERAL TREES REPORTED
DOWNED
0935 PM MASON WV WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 MASON SEVERAL TREES DOWNED
1010 PM CHARLESTON YEAGER ARPT WV
07/02/97 KANAWHA FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
PILOT 10 MfILES NORTH OF
YEAGER AIRPORT
CORRECTED FIRST JACKSON OHIO REPORTLocal storm report, Jul 2, 11:03 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1103 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0945 PM WINFIELD WV WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 PUTNAM SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
COUNTY, SOME LARGE.
SEVERAL FIRES AND
TRANSFORMERS BLOWN DUE TO
HIGH NUMBER OF LIGHTNING
STRIKES.
1000 PM CHARLESTON WV WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 KANAWHA SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN IN SISSONVILLE, ST
ALBANS AND CHARLESTON FROM
10 PM TO 1030 PM.Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:06 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1103 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0945 PM WINFIELD WV WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 PUTNAM SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
COUNTY, SOME LARGE.
SEVERAL FIRES AND
TRANSFORMERS BLOWN DUE TO
HIGH NUMBER OF LIGHTNING
STRIKES.
1000 PM CHARLESTON WV WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 KANAWHA SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN IN SISSONVILLE, ST
ALBANS AND CHARLESTON FROM
10 PM TO 1030 PM.Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:18 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1118 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0920 PM MC ARTHUR OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 VINTON TREES REPORTED DOWNED BY
WIND
0930 PM MIDDLEPORT OH WIND DAMAGE
07/02/97 MEIGS POLICE REPORTED SEVERAL
TREES DOWNEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 11:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Mingo | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 12:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mingo | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 3 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.