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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY
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.
- 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
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 &
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Adams, Pike, Scioto | 60 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, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lawrence | 55 min |
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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.