Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 1994, 6:20 PM EDT for Franklin County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1994, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1994, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 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, 10.3 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.
- 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCMH 202221 TORCMH OHC049-202245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 620 PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN CENTRAL OHIO ...FRANKLIN COUNTY AT 617 PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS WAS INDICATING A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER SOUTHEAST FRANKLIN COUNTY. AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HAMILTON AND LIVINGSTON ROADS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF WHITEHALL...REYNOLDSBURG...AND BRICE SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET NON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. AVERY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 3 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, 3 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, 1 hour 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, 1 hour 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 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, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Franklin, Madison | 55 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, 6:52 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.