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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Charleston, WV

June 21, 1995Lincoln County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 8:12 PM EDT for Lincoln County, West Virginia. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1995, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1995, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1995-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 275 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1995-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 220013 RRA
SVRCRW
WVC043-220100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
812 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 812 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN
LINCOLN COUNTY SOUTH OF RANGER. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10
TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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 21, 3:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
300 PM WED JUN 21 1995

ADDITIONAL REPORTS FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER OF JUNE 20, 1995

COUNTY/STATE      LOCATION           TIME        WEATHER
                  OR TOWN            EDT         REPORTS

BRAXTON/WV     COUNTY WIDE          7-730 PM    TREES DOWNED ON
                                                ROADWAYS

MINGO/WV       KERMIT               925 PM      QUARTER SIZE HAIL

WOOD/WV        WAVERLY              1015-1100 PM NUMEROUS TREES
                                                DOWNED

MORGAN/OH      STOCKPORT TO         1100 PM     TREES DOWNED ON
               CHESTER HILL                     ROADWAYS

PERRY/OH       CORNING              1130 PM     GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                                TREES DOWNED

END/MJS/ELW
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
WVZ032-OHZ066-067-212300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
514 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MORGAN AND PERRY COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA. THE ATMOSPHERE IS STILL VERY UNSTABLE AND THE DEVELOPMENT
OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH
AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE LATEST WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER
DEVELOP OR A WARNING BE ISSUED.

END/ROZANSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
WVZ032-OHZ066-067-212300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
514 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MORGAN AND PERRY COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA. THE ATMOSPHERE IS STILL VERY UNSTABLE AND THE DEVELOPMENT
OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH
AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE LATEST WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER
DEVELOP OR A WARNING BE ISSUED.

END/ROZANSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.