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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV

July 1, 1993Licking County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 1993, 11:04 PM EDT for Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 1, 1993, 11:04 PM EDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 1993, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

County Licking County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCMH 020306
TORCMH
OHC089-020400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
1104 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...LICKING COUNTY
 
AT 1102 PM EDT REYNOLDSBURG POLICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AT BRICE AND
TUSSING ROAD MOVING EAST. TORNADO TOUCH DOWNS ARE REPORTED IN OTHER
AREAS OF SOUTHEAST FRANKLIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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

Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:24 PM EDT, 40 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 / PCZ

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:28 PM EDT, 36 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, 34 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 / PCZ

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:30 PM EDT, 34 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

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 11:00 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

WVZ002>009-012-VAZ015-016-020500-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1100 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993

...TORNADO WATCH # 562 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELDS OF
   WEST VIRGINIA...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 563 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTHWEST
   SECTIONS OF VIRGINIA...

AS OF 11 PM EDT THERE ARE NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR ANY PART
OF THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA.

END/ORCHANIAN

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 11:02 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

WVZ002>009-012-VAZ015-016-020500-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1100 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993

...TORNADO WATCH # 562 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELDS OF
   WEST VIRGINIA...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 563 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTHWEST
   SECTIONS OF VIRGINIA...

AS OF 11 PM EDT THERE ARE NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR ANY PART
OF THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA.

END/ORCHANIAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 10:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Franklin	41 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.