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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 265, NWS Charleston, WV

August 25, 1994Wetzel County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1994, 7:32 PM EDT for Wetzel County, West Virginia. It was in force for 43 min.

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Issued
Aug 25, 1994, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1994, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Wetzel County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1994-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 209 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1994-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1087 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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