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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Charleston, WV

June 20, 1994Franklin County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1994, 4:00 PM EDT for Franklin County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1994, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1994, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1994-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 499 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1994-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
499 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 20, 3:13 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
313PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994

...STORM REPORT FOR SUNDAY JUNE 19TH...

TIME...525 PM EDT
LOCATION...NORTHWEST GALLIA COUNTY OHIO, ALONG COAL VALLEY ROAD,
SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF VINTON.
TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWN ACROSS POWER LINES AND ROAD
NO INJURIES
NO DEATHS
SOURCE...SHERIFF'S DEPT.

END/DG
Local storm report, Jun 20, 3:13 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
313PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994

...STORM REPORT FOR SUNDAY JUNE 19TH...

TIME...525 PM EDT
LOCATION...NORTHWEST GALLIA COUNTY OHIO, ALONG COAL VALLEY ROAD,
SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF VINTON.
TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWN ACROSS POWER LINES AND ROAD
NO INJURIES
NO DEATHS
SOURCE...SHERIFF'S DEPT.

END/DG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMarion63 min
Jun 20, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFranklin, Madison60 min
Jun 20, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDelaware58 min
Jun 20, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFranklin, Madison55 min
Jun 20, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette63 min
Jun 20, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLicking56 min
Jun 20, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFranklin60 min
Jun 20, 6:20 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXFranklin25 min
Jun 20, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFairfield68 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.