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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV

June 10, 1986Franklin County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1986, 7:38 PM EDT for Franklin County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1986, 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1986, 8:40 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, OH

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1986-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1986-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 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 102338
TORCMH
OHC049-110040-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
738 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 840 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
OHIO... FRANKLIN
 
AT 735PM EDT THENEW ROME FIRE DEPT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUDNEAR
DARBY ESTATES IN WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...GO INDOORS TO THE BASEMENT
OR LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS.  PROTECT YOUR
HEAD AND CHEST.  TRY TO HAVE AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOURSELF
AND THE STORM AS POSSIBLE.
 
RAMEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoss61 min
Jun 10, 6:54 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXMadison56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.