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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV

March 10, 1986Perry County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1986, 6:18 PM EST for Perry County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report 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 10, 1986, 6:18 PM EST (23:18 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 1986, 7:20 PM EST
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

County Perry County, OH

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 10, 6:50 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Perry, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1383 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 385 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 514 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCMH 102319
SVRCMH
OHC127-110020-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
618 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 720 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

OHIO..PERRY

AT 615 PM EST RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH
INTO THESE COUNTIES.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTOARMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS..HAIL..DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING..AND HEAVY RAIN.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..GO TO A SAFE PLACE.
SIMPSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 10, 5:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Madison	67 min
Mar 10, 5:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Marion, Union	65 min
Mar 10, 5:35 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RLX	Fayette, Madison, Pickaway	65 min
Mar 10, 5:44 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RLX	Franklin	61 min
Mar 10, 6:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fairfield, Licking	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1986 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.