Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1997, 10:06 PM EDT for Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 39 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
- Jul 27, 1997, 10:06 PM EDT (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1997, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kanawha County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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 27, 10:11 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 | (Crw) Yeager Arpt, WV | The airport tower reported a gust to 66 mph from one of their anemometers. |
| Jul 27, 10:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston, WV | Numerous trees or large branches were downed. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 3258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 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 280207 RRA SVRCRW WVC039-280245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1006 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...KANAWHA COUNTY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY NEAR SISSONVILLE. THE STORM IS DROPPING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAING WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH. << CALL TO ACTION >> IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERYF HEAVY RAIN ...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. SITES
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, Jul 27, 7:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
OHZ084-280020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 757 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH VINTON COUNTY UNTIL 720 PM... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH VINTON COUNTY OHIO UNTIL AROUND 720 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SOME STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BRIEF DRAINAGE PROBLEMS ON ROADWAYS. PERSONS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER CROSSING OVER ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY NEAR STREAMS. END/REZEK
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 8:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
OHZ084-280020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 757 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH VINTON COUNTY UNTIL 720 PM... A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH VINTON COUNTY OHIO UNTIL AROUND 720 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SOME STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BRIEF DRAINAGE PROBLEMS ON ROADWAYS. PERSONS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THdROUGH WATER CROSSING OVER ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY NEAR STREAMS. END/REZEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 26 min |
| Jul 27, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 24 min |
| Jul 27, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tyler | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wirt | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 52 min |
| Jul 28, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 67 min |
| Jul 28, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.