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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Charleston, WV

June 16, 1994Delaware County, Franklin County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1994, 3:28 PM EDT for Delaware County, Franklin County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 1994, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 1994, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

Counties Delaware County, OH, Franklin County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 951 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 43 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 KCMH 161930 RRA
SVRCMH
OHC041-049-162030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
328 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...S...
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...DELAWARE COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AT 325 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHWESTERN
DELAWARE COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO OVER SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY.
 
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OVER SECTIONS OF
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS CONTINUE
TO PRODUCE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN. THE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED
OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN THIS AREA. VARIOUS RAINFALL REPORTS HAVE
CONFIRMED THIS.
 
WIND HAS DOWNED POWER LINES JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF
DELAWARE.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVE RE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
 
ONDREJIK

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

Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:36 AM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1036 AM EDT THU JUN 16 1994

ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM WEDNESDAY JUNE 15 1994

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TIME      PLACE
EDT       COUNTY                REMARKS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

500 PM-   BOONE CO.             NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED
530 PM    KANAWHA CO.             BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
          LINCOLN CO.           APPROXIMATELY 3800 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT
                                  POWER FROM STORM RELATED DAMAGE.
                                  MAJORITY OF AFFECTED CUSTOMERS IN
                                  NORTHERN BOONE CO...NEXT HIGHEST
                                  KANAWHA CO.
                                REPORTS VIA SPOTTERS AND POWER CO.

REYNOLDS/REZEK/SEKELSKY

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:28 PM EDT, 2 hours before

WVZ023-039-040-041-046-047-MDZ001-161830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
128 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN MARYLAND...

WEATHER RADAR AT 125 PM INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR HUNTERSVILLE
IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY, NEAR ELKINS, HARMAN AND VALLEY HEAD IN RANDOLPH
COUNTY AND OVER EASTERN GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOW AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN,
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. SOME STORMS
COULD DUMP ENOUGH RAIN TO BRING SMALL STREAMS UP AND POSSIBLY OUT OF
THEIR BANKS. FLOODING TO LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS TO SAFE SHELTER. IF YOU
ARE ALONG A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK, KEEP WATCH ON THE WATER LEVELS IF
HEAVY RAINS OCCUR. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST
VIRGINIA AND EXTREME WESTERN MARYLAND THIS AFTERNOON. MONITOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

END

PG

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:28 PM EDT, 2 hours before

WVZ023-039-040-041-046-047-MDZ001-161830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
128 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN MARYLAND...

WEATHER RADAR AT 125 PM INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR HUNTERSVILLE
IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY, NEAR ELKINS, HARMAN AND VALLEY HEAD IN RANDOLPH
COUNTY AND OVER EASTERN GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOW AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN,
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. SOME STORMS
COULD DUMP ENOUGH RAIN TO BRING SMALL STREAMS UP AND POSSIBLY OUT OF
THEIR BANKS. FLOODING TO LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS TO SAFE SHELTER. IF YOU
ARE ALONG A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK, KEEP WATCH ON THE WATER LEVELS IF
HEAVY RAINS OCCUR. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST
VIRGINIA AND EXTREME WESTERN MARYLAND THIS AFTERNOON. MONITOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

END

PG

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 8:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette	67 min
Jun 16, 10:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette	59 min
Jun 16, 11:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette	59 min
Jun 16, 1:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin	64 min
Jun 16, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fairfield, Franklin	62 min
Jun 16, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Delaware	62 min
Jun 16, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Licking	43 min
Jun 16, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Union	65 min
Jun 16, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fairfield, Pickaway	60 min
Jun 16, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Ross	62 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.