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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Charleston, WV

June 16, 1994Licking County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1994, 2:47 PM EDT for Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1994, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1994, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Licking County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 1994-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 951 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 1994-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
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

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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 16, 10:36 AM EDT, 4 hours 11 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
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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, 1 hour 19 minutes 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

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes 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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas60 min
Jun 16, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUpshur66 min
Jun 16, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWebster61 min
Jun 16, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXTucker64 min
Jun 16, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton68 min
Jun 16, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGilmer58 min
Jun 16, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone73 min
Jun 16, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison62 min
Jun 16, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMonongalia, Preston60 min
Jun 16, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge66 min
Jun 16, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone60 min
Jun 16, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMarion63 min
Jun 16, 8:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette67 min
Jun 16, 10:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette59 min
Jun 16, 11:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette59 min
Jun 16, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDelaware, Fairfield, Franklin64 min
Jun 16, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFairfield, Franklin62 min
Jun 16, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDelaware62 min
Jun 16, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUnion65 min
Jun 16, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDelaware, Franklin62 min
Jun 16, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFairfield, Pickaway60 min
Jun 16, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoss62 min
Jun 16, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGarrett64 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.