Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 12:45 PM EDT for Lewis County, Kentucky; Adams County, Pike County, Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 12:45 PM EDT (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lewis County, KY, Adams County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 1:15 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Scioto, OH | A tornado touched down one mile south of Steam Furnace Road and Route 32. Trees were downed and two homes were destroyed. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 2138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, 12:08 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-151910- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 1207 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY FROM 1215 PM EDT UNTIL 7 PM EDT... A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...STRETCHED FROM JUST WEST OF LEXINGTON TO 30 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND WILL BE APPROACHING SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY BY 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS. BE SURE YOU HAVE A SAFE SHELTER TO GO TO IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED. LOOSE OBJECTS AROUND THE YARD SHOULD BE STOWED. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN OR CLOSE THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIrONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WAIDLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 12:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Lee, Wolfe | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Owsley | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Carter, Greenup | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Boyd | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Lawrence | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Gallia | 68 min |
| Apr 15, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Lawrence, Scioto | 68 min |
| Apr 15, 1:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Gallia, Jackson | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lawrence | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Cabell, Wayne | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 2:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Cabell, Wayne | 66 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.