Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1994, 5:20 PM EDT for Franklin County, Madison County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1994, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1994, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, OH, Madison County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 2 hours 7 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, 2 hours 7 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
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:54 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
WVZ046-047-202300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 454 PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN RANDOLPH AND NORTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE AFTERNOON. AT 5 PM EDT THE HEAVIER RAINSHOWERS WERE FROM VALLEY HEAD IN SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY EAST TO NEAR DURBIN IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA, AND BETWEEN GREENBANK AND DURBIN IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY. SOME OF THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH AN HOUR, AND SOME WERE MOVING OVER THOSE AREAS WHICH RECEIVED THE HEAVY RAINFALL YESTERDAY. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL RISE QUICKLY IN AREAS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL. SOME MAY RISE TO OR ABOVE BANKFULL. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK, OR IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON WATER LEVELS DURING AND AFTER THE HEAVIER RAINS. IF WATER LEVELS BEGIN TO RISE QUICKLY, BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER STANDING ON OR FLOWING ACROSS THE ROADWAY. END/HILL NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:54 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
WVZ046-047-202300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 454 PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN RANDOLPH AND NORTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE AFTERNOON. AT 5 PM EDT THE HEAVIER RAINSHOWERS WERE FROM VALLEY HEAD IN SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY EAST TO NEAR DURBIN IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA, AND BETWEEN GREENBANK AND DURBIN IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY. SOME OF THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH AN HOUR, AND SOME WERE MOVING OVER THOSE AREAS WHICH RECEIVED THE HEAVY RAINFALL YESTERDAY. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL RISE QUICKLY IN AREAS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL. SOME MAY RISE TO OR ABOVE BANKFULL. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK, OR IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON WATER LEVELS DURING AND AFTER THE HEAVIER RAINS. IF WATER LEVELS BEGIN TO RISE QUICKLY, BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER STANDING ON OR FLOWING ACROSS THE ROADWAY. END/HILL NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Marion | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Franklin, Madison | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Delaware | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Franklin | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Licking | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Franklin | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Franklin | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fairfield | 68 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.