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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY

April 15, 1994Gallia County, Jackson County, Ohio

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 1:51 PM EDT for Gallia County, Jackson County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 1:51 PM EDT (17:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 1994-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 297 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHTS 151752
TORHTS
OHC053-079-151845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
151 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTH OHIO
 
   ...WESTERN GALLIA COUNTY...EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 150PM A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY OHIO
ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS MOVING
EASTNORTHEAST AT NEARLY 50 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN
GALLIA COUNTY OHIO.
 
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.
 
END/DG
 
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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, Apr 15, 12:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLAdams, Pike, Scioto60 min
Apr 15, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLGallia68 min
Apr 15, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Lawrence, Scioto68 min
Apr 15, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLawrence55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.