Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 11:02 PM EDT for Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1995, 11:02 PM EDT (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1995, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vinton County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 971 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 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 KCRW 140300 RRA SVRCRW OHC009-163-167-140400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1102 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...ATHENS COUNTY...VINTON COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 1100 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE MOVING THROUGH PERRY AND MORGAN COUNTIES OF OHIO. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EWXCESS OF 60 MPH AND DOWNING NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND TREES AS THEY MOVE SOUTH AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL REACH MCARTHUR...ATHENS AND MARIETTA BETWEEN 1120 AND 1140 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REYNOLDS
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
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:25 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
WVZ007>011-016>020-028>032-039-040-047-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-140400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1028 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 400 AM... ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HEADED FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA... AT 1025 PM...CHARLESTON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL OHIO JUST TO THE NORTH OF COLUMBUS ...ZANESVILLE AND WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTH AT AROUND 50 MPH. AT THIS RATE...STORMS WILL REACH ATHENS OHIO...PARKERSBURG AND WEST UNION IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN 1130 PM AND 1230 AM. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE SOME HAIL. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND DOWNED TREES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM PARTS OF NORTHERN OHIO WITH THESE STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND PREPARE TO MOVE TO SHELTER. REYNOLDS
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:28 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
WVZ007>011-016>020-028>032-039-040-047-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-140400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1028 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 400 AM... ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HEADED FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA... AT 1025 PM...CHARLESTON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL OHIO JUST TO THE NORTH OF COLUMBUS ...ZANESVILLE AND WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTH AT AROUND 50 MPH. AT THIS RATE...STORMS WILL REACH ATHENS OHIO...PARKERSBURG AND WEST UNION IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN 1130 PM AND 1230 AM. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE SOME HAIL. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND DOWNED TREES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM PARTS OF NORTHERN OHIO WITH THESE STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND PREPARE TO MOVE TO SHELTER. REYNOLDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 10:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Washington | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Meigs | 70 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.