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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Charleston, WV

November 17, 1993Logan County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 17, 1993, 12:56 PM EST for Logan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 17, 1993, 12:56 PM EST (17:56 UTC)
Expired
Nov 17, 1993, 2:00 PM EST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Logan County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 12:00Z on 1993-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 12:00Z on 1993-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 401 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
401 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
495 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 12:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln, Putnam42 min
Nov 17, 12:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Roane58 min
Nov 17, 12:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone58 min
Nov 17, 1:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood58 min
Nov 17, 1:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer66 min
Nov 17, 1:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha42 min
Nov 17, 1:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis56 min
Nov 17, 2:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette2 hr
Nov 17, 2:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh55 min
Nov 17, 2:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette57 min
Nov 17, 2:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell67 min
Nov 17, 2:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWyoming69 min
Nov 17, 3:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXSummers68 min

Nearby

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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.