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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Charleston, WV

July 13, 1995Gallia County, Jackson County, Meigs County, Ohio; Mason County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 11:35 PM EDT for Gallia County, Jackson County, Meigs County, Ohio; Mason County, West Virginia. It was in force for 70 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 11:35 PM EDT (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
70 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Mason County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 1995-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 971 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1995-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 140335 RRA
SVRCRW
OHC053-079-105-WVC035-053-140445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1135 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...GALLIA COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY...MEIGS COUNTY
 
 
IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY...MASON COUNTY
 
AT 1130 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH ATHENS...VINTON
AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH
AT 50 MPH...AND HAVE A HISTORY OF DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
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, 1 hour 10 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, 1 hour 7 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPerry48 min
Jul 13, 10:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMorgan42 min
Jul 13, 11:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Washington58 min
Jul 13, 11:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXVinton58 min
Jul 13, 11:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Wood64 min
Jul 13, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXTyler47 min
Jul 13, 11:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson70 min
Jul 13, 11:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRitchie, Wirt50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1995Severe 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.