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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Charleston, WV

August 24, 1993Pleasants County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 1993, 8:37 PM EDT for Pleasants County, West Virginia. It was in force for 38 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 1993, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 1993, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Pleasants County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1993-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1179 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1993-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
1179 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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