Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1993, 9:51 PM EDT for Franklin County, Ohio. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1993, 9:51 PM EDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1993, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
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, Jul 2, 3:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 355PM EDT FRI JUL 2 1993 FINAL STORM REPORTS FOR JUNE 30 1993 TIME...440PM EDT LOCATION...EASTERN LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY..5 MILES SOUTH OF VANCESBURG TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...SPOTTER TIME...445PM EDT LOCATION...CARTER COUNTY KENTUCKY...2 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAYSON TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES..DIME SIZE HAIL NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...COUNTY EMS TIME...450PM EDT LOCATION...ELLIOTT COUNTY KENTUCKY..SANDY HOOK AREA TYPE...QUARTER SIZE HAIL..WIND DAMAGE - TREES DOWNED NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...SPOTTER TIME...520PM EDT LOCATION...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY OHIO..ALONG ROUTE 23 SOUTH OF WAVERLY TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWNED..FUNNEL CLOUD NO TOUCHDOWN SOURCE...SPOTTER TIME...520PM EDT LOCATION...NORTHWEST ADAMS COUNTY OHIO...WINDCHESTER TOWNSHIP TYPE...TORNADO..100-150 FEET DIAMETER. THREE TOUCHDOWNS IN FOUR MILE PATH NO INJURIES NO DEATHS ONE BARN DESTORYED..SEVERAL BARNS MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE..MINOR DAMAGE TO THREE HOMES..REMAINDER OF DAMAGE WAS TO TREES ACROSS POWER LINES AND POWER POLES PULLED FROM GROUND SOURCE...NWS STORM SURVEY TIME...525PM EDT LOCATION...NORTHEAST ADAMS COUNTY OHIO..BRATTON TOWNSHIP TYPE...TORNADO..100-200 FEET DIAMETER. SIX TOUCHDOWNS IN EIGHT MILE PATH NO INJURIES NO DEATHS MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE HOME..TWO BARNS DESTORYED..TREES AND POWER LINES UPROOTED SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...540PM EDT LOCATION...NORTHWEST SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO..RARDEN/BRUSH CREEK TOWNSHIPS TYPE...TORNADO..100 FEET IN DIAMETER. TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN FOUR MILE PATH NO INJURIES NO DEATHS MOSTLY TREES AND POWER LINES..MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE UTILITY BARN AT STATE FOREST RANGER HQ SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...550PM EDT LOCATON...NORTHERN SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO..MINFORD/SOUTH WESBSETER TOWNSHIPS TYPE...TORNADO..100-200 FEET IN DIAMETER. FOUR TOUCHDOWNS IN EIGHT MILE PATH NO INJURIES NO DEATHS ONE MOBILE HOME TOTALLY DESTORYED..NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED..SNAPPED AT TOPS AS WELL AS POWER POLES..MINOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO AT LEAST TWO HOMES SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...555PM EDT LOCATION...SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO..TWO MILES SOUTHEAST OF COAL GROVE TYPE...TORNADO..50 - 100 FOOT DIAMETER. TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN TWO MILE PATH. TREES DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES AND POWER POLE PULLED FROM GROUND. NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...605PM EDT LOCATION...NORTHEAST LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED..FUNNEL CLOUD WITH NO TOUCHDOWN NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...610PM EDT LOCATION...NORTHWEST GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCKY TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..FUNNEL CLOUD. TREES DOWNED ACROSS ROADWAYS AND POWER LINES NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...620PM EDT LOCATION...CABELL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA TYPE...WIND DAMAGE AND DIME HAIL. TREES DOWNED ON ROADS AND POWER LINES NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...625PM EDT LOCATION...SOUTHERN GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCKY..NEAR GREEBO LAKE TYPE...TORNADO..50 -100 FEET IN DIAMETER. QUARTER SIZE HAIL. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES DOWNED..SNAPPED AND PULLED FROM GROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE BARN. NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...655PM EDT LOCATION...CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWNED ACROSS ROADS AND POWER LINES. TWO FUNNEL REPORTS..NO APPEARENT TOUCHDOWNS NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...NWS SURVEY..SPOTTERS TIME...705-725PM EDT LOCATION...BOYD COUNTY KENTUCKY.. ASHLAND AREA TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWNED ACROSS ROADS AND POWER LINES LOCATION...2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CATTLETSBURG TYPE...NICKEL/QUARTER SIZE HAIL. WIND DAMGE..TREES DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...NWS SURVEY..SPOTTERS MAPS OF TORNADO PATHS WILL BE SENT WITH END OF MONTH REPORTS END/DG
Local storm report, Jul 2, 3:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 355PM EDT FRI JUL 2 1993 FINAL STORM REPORTS FOR JUNE 30 1993 TIME...440PM EDT LOCATION...EASTERN LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY..5 MILES SOUTH OF VANCESBURG TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...SPOTTER TIME...445PM EDT LOCATION...CARTER COUNTY KENTUCKY...2 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAYSON TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES..DIME SIZE HAIL NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...COUNTY EMS TIME...450PM EDT LOCATION...ELLIOTT COUNTY KENTUCKY..SANDY HOOK AREA TYPE...QUARTER SIZE HAIL..WIND DAMAGE - TREES DOWNED NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...SPOTTER TIME...520PM EDT LOCATION...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY OHIO..ALONG ROUTE 23 SOUTH OF WAVERLY TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWNED..FUNNEL CLOUD NO TOUCHDOWN SOURCE...SPOTTER TIME...520PM EDT LOCATION...NORTHWEST ADAMS COUNTY OHIO...WINDCHESTER TOWNSHIP TYPE...TORNADO..100-150 FEET DIAMETER. THREE TOUCHDOWNS IN FOUR MILE PATH NO INJURIES NO DEATHS ONE BARN DESTORYED..SEVERAL BARNS MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE..MINOR DAMAGE TO THREE HOMES..REMAINDER OF DAMAGE WAS TO TREES ACROSS POWER LINES AND POWER POLES PULLED FROM GROUND SOURCE...NWS STORM SURVEY TIME...525PM EDT LOCATION...NORTHEAST ADAMS COUNTY OHIO..BRATTON TOWNSHIP TYPE...TORNADO..100-200 FEET DIAMETER. SIX TOUCHDOWNS IN EIGHT MILE PATH NO INJURIES NO DEATHS MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE HOME..TWO BARNS DESTORYED..TREES AND POWER LINES UPROOTED SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...540PM EDT LOCATION...NORTHWEST SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO..RARDEN/BRUSH CREEK TOWNSHIPS TYPE...TORNADO..100 FEET IN DIAMETER. TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN FOUR MILE PATH NO INJURIES NO DEATHS MOSTLY TREES AND POWER LINES..MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE UTILITY BARN AT STATE FOREST RANGER HQ SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...550PM EDT LOCATON...NORTHERN SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO..MINFORD/SOUTH WESBSETER TOWNSHIPS TYPE...TORNADO..100-200 FEET IN DIAMETER. FOUR TOUCHDOWNS IN EIGHT MILE PATH NO INJURIES NO DEATHS ONE MOBILE HOME TOTALLY DESTORYED..NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED..SNAPPED AT TOPS AS WELL AS POWER POLES..MINOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO AT LEAST TWO HOMES SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...555PM EDT LOCATION...SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO..TWO MILES SOUTHEAST OF COAL GROVE TYPE...TORNADO..50 - 100 FOOT DIAMETER. TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN TWO MILE PATH. TREES DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES AND POWER POLE PULLED FROM GROUND. NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...605PM EDT LOCATION...NORTHEAST LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED..FUNNEL CLOUD WITH NO TOUCHDOWN NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...610PM EDT LOCATION...NORTHWEST GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCKY TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..FUNNEL CLOUD. TREES DOWNED ACROSS ROADWAYS AND POWER LINES NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...620PM EDT LOCATION...CABELL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA TYPE...WIND DAMAGE AND DIME HAIL. TREES DOWNED ON ROADS AND POWER LINES NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...625PM EDT LOCATION...SOUTHERN GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCKY..NEAR GREEBO LAKE TYPE...TORNADO..50 -100 FEET IN DIAMETER. QUARTER SIZE HAIL. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES DOWNED..SNAPPED AND PULLED FROM GROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE BARN. NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...NWS SURVEY TIME...655PM EDT LOCATION...CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWNED ACROSS ROADS AND POWER LINES. TWO FUNNEL REPORTS..NO APPEARENT TOUCHDOWNS NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...NWS SURVEY..SPOTTERS TIME...705-725PM EDT LOCATION...BOYD COUNTY KENTUCKY.. ASHLAND AREA TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWNED ACROSS ROADS AND POWER LINES LOCATION...2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CATTLETSBURG TYPE...NICKEL/QUARTER SIZE HAIL. WIND DAMGE..TREES DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...NWS SURVEY..SPOTTERS MAPS OF TORNADO PATHS WILL BE SENT WITH END OF MONTH REPORTS END/DG
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
KYZ006-008-WVZ003-OHZ009-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 800 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ....THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO AND EASTERN KENTUCKY... AT 745 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN ADAMS COUNTY OF OHIO AND FLEMING COUNTY OF KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING AT 25 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE SAFE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
KYZ006-008-WVZ003-OHZ009-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 800 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ....THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO AND EASTERN KENTUCKY... AT 745 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN ADAMS COUNTY OF OHIO AND FLEMING COUNTY OF KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING AT 25 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE SAFE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:35 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
KYZ006-008-WVZ003-OHZ009-030300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 935 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ....THUNDERSTORMS LINGER ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO AND EASTERN KENTUCKY... AT 930 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN OHIO AND EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS OVER SOUTHWEST OHIO AND EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS CONTINUE EAST AT 25 MPH AMD SHOULD BE IN THE TRI-STATE AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS PERSONS IN THESE AREAS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT BE PREPARED TO MOVE SAFE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:50 PM EDT, 1 minute before
KYZ006-008-WVZ003-OHZ009-030300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 935 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ....THUNDERSTORMS LINGER ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO AND EASTERN KENTUCKY... AT 930 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN OHIO AND EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS OVER SOUTHWEST OHIO AND EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS CONTINUE EAST AT 25 MPH AMD SHOULD BE IN THE TRI-STATE AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS PERSONS IN THESE AREAS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT BE PREPARED TO MOVE SAFE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 6:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 103 min |
| Jul 2, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Union | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 9:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Delaware | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pickaway | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 9:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Franklin | 66 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.