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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Jackson, KY

June 21, 1994Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1994, 7:30 PM EDT for Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1994, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1994, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Meigs County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 810 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
810 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1125 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Jun 21, 3:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-212030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY
327 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KENTUCKY. AT 3:15 THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN LETCHER COUNTY 30
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAZARD. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES WEST OF
HAZARD AND 15 MILES NORTH OF PIKEVILLE. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED UP
TO NEARLY A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES. THEY ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

CB
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-212030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY
327 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KENTUCKY. AT 3:15 THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN LETCHER COUNTY 30
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAZARD. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES WEST OF
HAZARD AND 15 MILES NORTH OF PIKEVILLE. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED UP
TO NEARLY A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES. THEY ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

CB
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-212325-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY
421 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

AT 415 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WEST OF JACKSON WERE
MOVING INTO LEE AND JACKSON COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. OTHER
STRONG STORMS WERE NEAR PIKEVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF A STORM APPROACHES
THE AREA YOU ARE IN YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE
STORMS HAVE PASSED.

THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS LEE...WESTERN BREATHITT AND JACKSON
COUNTY BY 530 PM AND THE STORM OVER PIKEVILLE WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN
LETCHER COUNTY BY 530 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-212325-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY
421 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

AT 415 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WEST OF JACKSON WERE
MOVING INTO LEE AND JACKSON COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. OTHER
STRONG STORMS WERE NEAR PIKEVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF A STORM APPROACHES
THE AREA YOU ARE IN YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE
STORMS HAVE PASSED.

THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS LEE...WESTERN BREATHITT AND JACKSON
COUNTY BY 530 PM AND THE STORM OVER PIKEVILLE WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN
LETCHER COUNTY BY 530 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

WAIDLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-212345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY
443 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

AT 435 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...FROM PIKEVILLE TO HAZARD TO JUST NORTH OF
MIDDLESBORO AND FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON TO 20 MILES WEST OF
JACKSON. ALL THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS MOVE INSIDE IMMEDIATELY AND STAY INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WAIDLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-212345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY
443 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

AT 435 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...FROM PIKEVILLE TO HAZARD TO JUST NORTH OF
MIDDLESBORO AND FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON TO 20 MILES WEST OF
JACKSON. ALL THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS MOVE INSIDE IMMEDIATELY AND STAY INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

STAY TU:NED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WAIDLEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 9:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLCarter62 min
Jun 20, 9:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBoyd, Lawrence26 min
Jun 21, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt68 min
Jun 21, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee, Owsley58 min
Jun 21, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan45 min
Jun 21, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knox65 min
Jun 20, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLGallia66 min
Jun 21, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLawrence46 min
Jun 21, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLAdams, Scioto64 min
Jun 21, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.