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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Charleston, WV

June 17, 1994Morgan County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1994, 4:12 PM EDT for Morgan County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 1994, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 1994, 5:06 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

County Morgan County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 225 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.

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OHC115-172115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
412 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...MORGAN COUNTY
 
AT 409 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS WAS INDICATING
A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MORGAN
COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS STORM MAY MOVE ALONG THE MUSKINGUM...MORGAN COUNTY LINE.
 
THIS STORM HAS ALERADY DOWNED TREES IN NOBLE COUNTY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
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 17, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
225 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 1994

SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FOR 6/16/94

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TIME      PLACE
EDT       COUNTY                REMARKS
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1430      UPSHUR          TREES DOWN ROUTE 20 IN SOUTHERN PART OF
 TO                       OF COUNTY NEAR CLEVELAND MOUNTAIN.
1500

1530      TUCKER          TREES DOWN ROUTE 39 ON PIFER MOUNTAIN
                          EASTERN SECTION OF COUNTY.

1710      HARRISON        TREES DOWN IN CITY OF CLARKSBURG.

1720      HARRISON        NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN
 TO                       WEST MILFORD, SOME TREES ON HOMES AND
1800                      AND BUILDINGS. TREES AND POWER LINES
                          DOWN IN THE CITY OF CLARKSBURG. TREES AND
                          POWER LINES DOWN IN REYNOLDSVILLE, SOME TREES
                          ON HOMES.

1740      PRESTON         TREES DOWN ON DEPOT STREET IN MASONTOWN AND
                          ON RHOR ROAD NEAR MASONTOWN, TOOK DOWN PHONE
                          LINE.

1746      MONONGALIA      TREES DOWN ON RIVER ROAD NEAR MORGANTOWN.

1800      MONONGALIA      SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN AND
                          AROUND THE CITY OF MORGANTOWN.

1815      MONONGALIA      QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT JAKES RUN IN WEST CENTRAL
                          PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

1900      MARION          TREES DOWN ROUTE 250 NORTH NEAR FARMINGTON.

1920      GARRETT, MD     LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES NEAR
                          PINEY DAM IN NORTHEAST GARRETT COUNTY
                          MARYLAND.

END

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
225 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 1994

SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FOR 6/16/94

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TIME      PLACE
EDT       COUNTY                REMARKS
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1430      UPSHUR          TREES DOWN ROUTE 20 IN SOUTHERN PART OF
 TO                       OF COUNTY NEAR CLEVELAND MOUNTAIN.
1500

1530      TUCKER          TREES DOWN ROUTE 39 ON PIFER MOUNTAIN
                          EASTERN SECTION OF COUNTY.

1710      HARRISON        TREES DOWN IN CITY OF CLARKSBURG.

1720      HARRISON        NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN
 TO                       WEST MILFORD, SOME TREES ON HOMES AND
1800                      AND BUILDINGS. TREES AND POWER LINES
                          DOWN IN THE CITY OF CLARKSBURG. TREES AND
                          POWER LINES DOWN IN REYNOLDSVILLE, SOME TREES
                          ON HOMES.

1740      PRESTON         TREES DOWN ON DEPOT STREET IN MASONTOWN AND
                          ON RHOR ROAD NEAR MASONTOWN, TOOK DOWN PHONE
                          LINE.

1746      MONONGALIA      TREES DOWN ON RIVER ROAD NEAR MORGANTOWN.

1800      MONONGALIA      SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN AND
                          AROUND THE CITY OF MORGANTOWN.

1815      MONONGALIA      QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT JAKES RUN IN WEST CENTRAL
                          PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

1900      MARION          TREES DOWN ROUTE 250 NORTH NEAR FARMINGTON.

1920      GARRETT, MD     LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES NEAR
                          PINEY DAM IN NORTHEAST GARRETT COUNTY
                          MARYLAND.

END

GILKERSON

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:29 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

WVZ021-022-023-047-172030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
329 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN PRESTON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA...

WEATHER RADAR AT 325 PM INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MASONTOWN
AND BRUCETON MILLS. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL,
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER
SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY NEAR VALLEY HEAD.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST. PERSONS SHOULD MOVE
INDOORS TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MOTORIST
SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING WATER ON HIGHWAYS.

END

GILKERSON

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:29 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

WVZ021-022-023-047-172030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
329 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN PRESTON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA...

WEATHER RADAR AT 325 PM INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MASONTOWN
AND BRUCETON MILLS. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL,
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER
SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY NEAR VALLEY HEAD.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST. PERSONS SHOULD MOVE
INDOORS TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MOTORIST
SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING WATER ON HIGHWAYS.

END

GILKERSON

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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 17, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Pickaway	50 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.