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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV

August 2, 1988Franklin County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1988, 7:00 PM EDT for Franklin County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 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
Aug 2, 1988, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 1988, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
60 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 2, 7:15 PM EDTHail 1.75Franklin, 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

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 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 1988-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1999 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1988-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1999 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 022301
SVRCMH
OHC049-030000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
700 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
CENTRAL OHIO... FRANKLIN
 
AT 655 PM EDT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS REPORTED
1 INCH HAIL OCCURRING AT THE OSU AIRPORT.  WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWEDS
A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN THIS AREA WITH VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS STORM.
 
FENBERS

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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.