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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Charleston, WV

July 27, 1995Clay County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 4:26 PM EDT for Clay County, West Virginia. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1995, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1995, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Clay County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1191 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 272030 RRA
SVRCRW
WVC021-015-272115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
426 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...GILMER COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...CLAY COUNTY
 
AT 420 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE CITY OF CLAY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
SITES/YOUNG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 1:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRandolph52 min
Jul 27, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell43 min
Jul 27, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha45 min
Jul 27, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson30 min
Jul 27, 4:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPocahontas3 hr
Jul 27, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoane52 min
Jul 27, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette51 min
Jul 27, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGilmer49 min
Jul 27, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun41 min
Jul 27, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette, Kanawha43 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.