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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY

April 12, 1994Pike County, Ohio

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1994, 10:18 PM EDT for Pike County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 min.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 1994, 10:18 PM EDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 1994, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Pike County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 00:00Z on 1994-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 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 00:00Z on 1994-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHTS 130221
SVRHTS
OHC131-130245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
1018 PM EDT TUE APR 12 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH OHIO
 
   ...PIKE COUNTY
 
AT 1015 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN
PIKE COUNTY OHIO. THIS STORM HAD PRODUCED THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL AS IT
MOVED THROUGH ADAMS COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30
MILE PER HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
EBERT
 
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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.