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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV

April 16, 1992Licking County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1992, 8:34 PM EDT for Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1992, 8:34 PM EDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1992, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Licking County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 00:00Z on 1992-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 139 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 00:00Z on 1992-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
139 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCMH 170035 COR
SVRCMH
OHC089-160115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
834 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...LICKING COUNTY
 
AT 833 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHERN LICKING COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM
HAS PRODUCED WINDS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR OVER SOUTHERN LICKING COUNTY
AROUND 830 PM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
GERARD
...CORRECTED DAY...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFairfield28 min
Apr 16, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMuskingum, Perry44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.