Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 528
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 26, 1997, 1:30 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maryland; 21 counties in Virginia; 22 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1997, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1997, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties
Allegany County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Washington County, MD, Alleghany County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Highland County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Berkeley County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Grant County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Preston County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Summers County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 62 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1009 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 13 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Maryland, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.