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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Charleston, WV

July 7, 1991Fairfield County, Perry County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1991, 4:19 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Perry County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 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
Jul 7, 1991, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1991, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fairfield County, OH, Perry County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 5:00 PM EDTHail 1Perry, 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 1991-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1475 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 1991-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 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
1475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMonongalia, Preston58 min
Jul 7, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMarion60 min
Jul 7, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGrant62 min
Jul 7, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Taylor61 min
Jul 7, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPreston, Tucker67 min
Jul 7, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMuskingum67 min
Jul 7, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMorgan, Perry60 min
Jul 7, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.