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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV

June 21, 1993Marion County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1993, 12:13 PM EDT for Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1993, 12:13 PM EDT (16:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1993, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 12:00Z on 1993-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 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 12:00Z on 1993-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCMH 211615
TORCMH
OHC101-211700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
1213 PM EDT MON JUN 21 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
AT 1210 EDT MARION POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT STATE
ROUTE 95 AND KENSINGTON MOVING EAST ALONG INTERSTATE 95. SEVERAL REPORTS
OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED.
 
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.
 
LVW

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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.