Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1993, 11:36 PM EDT for Muskingum County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1993, 11:36 PM EDT (03:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1993, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Muskingum County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 2593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCMH 160338 TORCMH OHC119-160415- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 1136 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...MUSKINGUM COUNTY AT 1130 PM PUBLIC AND SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN SOUTH ZANESVILLE AND NEW CONCORD IN MUSKINGUM COUNTY. THE TORNADOES WERE REPORTED MOVING EAST. WEBER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 8:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
KYZ006-160200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 845 PM EST THU APR 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND EASTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 11 PM EDT... AT 835 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING OUT OF ROWAN COUNTY INTO WESTERN CARTER COUNTY OF KENTUCKY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR THE TOWN OF OLIVE HILL IN CARTER COUNTY KENTUCKY AROUND 900 PM. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU OBSERVE A THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO APPROACHING...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A STRONG SHELTER...PREFERABLY BELOW GROUND LEVEL AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. : HATFIELD
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 9:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
KYZ006-OHZ009-WVZ003-160200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 915 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND EASTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 11 PM EDT... AT 910 PM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM JUST WEST OF PORTSMOUTH OHIO SOUTH TO HAZARD KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THIS LINE SHOULD BE NEAR HUNTINGTON NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE OHIO AND BIG SANDY RIVER ABOUT 1000 PM EDT. PERSONS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU OBSERVE A THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO APPROACHING...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A STRONG SHELTER...PREFERABLY BELOW GROUND LEVEL AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED YOUR LOCATION. WARNINGS. END/CICCONE
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VAZ015-016-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1010 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 AT 1010 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN OHIO...WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM PORTSMOUTH OHIO SOUTHWARD ALONG THE TUG FORK...BIG SANDY RIVER BASIN. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...HOWEVER THE MOVEMENT OF THE ENTIRE LINE IS TOWARDS THE EAST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE HUNTINGTON AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF CHARLESTON...LOGAN AND PARKERSBURG IN BETWEEN 11 PM TO MIDNIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY. RESIDENTS OF WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA CAN EXPECTED WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. bEND/GARNET
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VAZ015-016-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTED MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1012 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 AT 1010 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN OHIO...WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM PORTSMOUTH OHIO SOUTHWARD ALONG THE TUG FORK...BIG SANDY RIVER BASIN. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...HOWEVER THE MOVEMENT OF THE ENTIRE LINE IS TOWARDS THE EAST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE HUNTINGTON AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF CHARLESTON...LOGAN AND PARKERSBURG IN BETWEEN 11 PM TO MIDNIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY. RESIDENTS OF WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS OR hPOSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/GARNET
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 11:28 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-160500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1128 PM EST THU APR 15 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA... AT 1125 THIS EVENING RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM ST. ALBANS... SOUTH TO MATEWAN IN MINGO COUNTY... THEN SOUTH TO DICKENSON COUNTY IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR MATEWAN AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN MINGO AND SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE PINEVILLE AND WELCH BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. OAK HILL... BECKLEY... AND BLUEFIELD CAN EXPECT THESE STORMS AROUND 1230 OR ONE O'CLOCK. PERSONS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHWEST PORTION...SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/WJM
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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.