Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 1993, 10:34 PM EDT for Franklin County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1993, 10:34 PM EDT (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1993, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 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, 2.6 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
- 998 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCMH 020235 TORCMH OHC049-020315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 1034 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN CENTRAL OHIO ...FRANKLIN COUNTY AT 1030 PM EDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE FRANKLIN COUNTY EMA AT SR 33 AND EIBRIGHT RD NEAR GROVEPORT AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG WITH OTHER DAMAGE. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE REYNOLDSBURG AREA OF FRANKLIN BY 1045 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STUhRDY 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. RAMEY
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, Jul 1, 10:19 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-020400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT. . . .CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1017 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELDS OF WEST VIRGINIA, BUT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST AND WEST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE HUNTINGTON-CHARLESTON AREA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 563 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE EASTERN AND AND SOUTHERNEASTERN SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA... END/ORCHANIAN CORRECTED TO DELETE TEXT AFTER END OF SURNAME. JACKSON...PUTNAM...LINCOLN...AND NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTIES BETWEEN 10 AND 11PM...AND INTO SOUTHERN ROANE...KANAWHA...BOONE...AND NORTHWEST RALEIGH COUNTIES BETWEEN 11PM AND MIDNIGHT. FURTHER EAST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS AND GREENBRIER VALLEY...WITH DRY WEATHER TO TAKE HOLD UNTIL MORE STORMS MOVE IN AFTER MIDNIGHT. PEOPLE AFFECTED BY WATCHES THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHDANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST-SOUTHEST ACROSS BATH COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER...REPORT IT TO LOCAL LAW ENFORECEMENT OFFICIALS AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO T6HE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO TV/RADIO/NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WOLF
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:20 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-020400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT. . . .CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1018 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELDS OF WEST VIRGINIA, BUT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST AND WEST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE HUNTINGTON-CHARLESTON AREA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 563 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE EASTERN AND AND SOUTHERNEASTE8RN SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA... END/ORCHANIAN CORRECTED TO DELETE TEXT AFTER END OF SURNAME.
Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:24 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
WVZ002-009-012-020400-
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1030 PM EDT THU JUL 01 1993
TIME PLACE
EDT COUNTY REMARKS
1800 ALUM CREEK QUARTER SIZE HAIL.H
KANAWHA CO.
1830 CABIN CREEK TWO TREES BLOWN DOWN.
KANAWHA CO.
NOTE...THIS SUMMARY IS NOT FOR ALL OF WEST VIRGINIA.
END / PCZSpecial weather statement, Jul 1, 10:28 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-020500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1030 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST AND WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELDS THROUGH 11PM... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND THE GREENBRIER VALLEY OF WEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1025 PM...SHOWERS AND WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST LOWLANDS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF PARKERSBURG AND CLARKSBURG...AND WEST OF SUTTON AND BECKLEY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS BEING REPORTED...AND SO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH 2AM. THROUGH 2AM...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PUSH OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST LOWLANDS AND INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND GREENBRIER VALLEY. THE RAIN WILL AFFECT AREAS SUCH AS BECKLEY...WEBSTER SPRINGS... SUMMERSVILLE...AND LEWISBURG. MUCH OF THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL STAY DRY THROUGH 2AM. THIS WOULD INCLUDE AREAS SUCH AS MORGANTOWN...CLARKSBURG...ELKINS...AND WEST UNION. THE RAIN IS NOT OVER HOWEVER. MORE RAIN WILL APPROACH THE NORTHWEST AND WEST FROM PARKERSBURG TO HUNTINGTON AROURND 2AM. LEWIS
Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:30 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
WVZ002-009-012-020400-
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1030 PM EDT THU JUL 01 1993
TIME PLACE
EDT COUNTY REMARKS
1800 ALUM CREEK QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
KANAWHA CO.
1830 CABIN CREEK TWO TREES BLOWN DOWN.
KANAWHA CO.
NOTE...THIS SUMMARY IS NOT FOR ALL OF WEST VIRGINIA.
END / PCZSpecial weather statement, Jul 1, 10:30 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-020500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1030 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST AND WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELDS THROUGH 11PM... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND THE GREENBRIER VALLEY OF WEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1025 PM...SHOWERS AND WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST LOWLANDS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF PARKERSBURG AND CLARKSBURG...AND WEST OF SUTTON AND BECKLEY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS BEING REPORTED...AND SO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH 2AM. THROUGH 2AM...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PUSH OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST LOWLANDS AND INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND GREENBRIER VALLEY. THE RAIN WILL AFFECT AREAS SUCH AS BECKLEY...WEBSTER SPRINGS... SUMMERSVILLE...AND LEWISBURG. MUCH OF THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL STAY DRY THROUGH 2AM. THIS WOULD INCLUDE AREAS SUCH AS MORGANTOWN...CLARKSBURG...ELKINS...AND WEST UNION. THE RAIN IS NOT OVER HOWEVER. MORE RAIN WILL APPROACH THE NORTHWEST AND WEST FROM PARKERSBURG TO HUNTINGTON AROUND 2AM. LEWIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 11:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Licking | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 11:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fairfield, Franklin, Licking | 3 hr |
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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.