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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Charleston, WV

June 2, 1991Franklin County, Madison County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1991, 5:12 PM EDT for Franklin County, Madison County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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: Jun 2, 1991, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 1991, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, OH, Madison County, OH

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 2, 5:35 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 56	Franklin, OH
Jun 2, 6:25 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Franklin, 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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: 1029 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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

Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:13 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:18 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:33 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:54 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:04 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

WVZ007>008-022300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
505 PM EDT SUN JUN 02 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA
UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 500 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUING TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AT AROUND 15 MPH.
THE HEAVIEST OF THE STORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN RALEIGH AND NORTHERN
MERCER COUNTIES AND OVER EASTERN MONROE COUNTY.

PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

END/CDB

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:04 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

WVZ002>009-012-022200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
500 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 1991

AT 500 PM THE WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLESTON SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPING OVER PLEASANTS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA.  SMALL HAIL AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM WITH PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADS.  IN ADDITION, THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WENT THROUGH
SOUTHERN PLEASANTS AND NORTHERN WOOD COUNTIES EARLIER BROUGHT SOME
HEAVY RAIN TO THAT AREA.  THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT HOUR IN PLEASANTS COUNTY WILL BRING STREAMS AND CREEKS UP BUT NO
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

THIS STORM WILL DRIFT SOUTHEASTWARD INTO RIT0CHIE COUNTY BY 530 PM.

END AAR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood	60 min
Jun 2, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette	51 min
Jun 1, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette	43 min
Jun 1, 11:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Vinton	40 min
Jun 2, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Franklin	67 min
Jun 2, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Ross, Vinton	56 min
Jun 2, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Vinton	48 min
Jun 2, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Delaware, Marion	68 min
Jun 2, 5:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Franklin	40 min
Jun 2, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fairfield, Licking	62 min
Jun 2, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Hocking	56 min
Jun 2, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Perry	38 min

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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.