Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 7:31 PM EDT for Elliott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1995, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1995, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elliott County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 272334 RRA SVRCRW KYC063-280000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 731 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST KENTUCKY ...ELLIOTT COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CENTERED THREE MILES EAST OF SANDY HOOK KY. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE GREATEST THREAT WITH THIS STORM. INTENSE RAIN AND HAIL ARE ALSO LIKELY. 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. EOM
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, Jul 27, 7:00 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
700 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1995
...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR THURSDAY JULY 27TH...
TIME (EDT) COUNTY LOCATION EVENT
230 PM GALLIA OH GALLIPOLIS ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE.
CHURCH CAUGHT ON FIRE
FROM LIGHTNING
STRIKE.
230 PM GALLIA OH ST. RTE 850 AND 588
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
WATER.
330 PM KANAWHA WV ERN PORTIONS HAIL LARGE ENOUGH TO
DENT A CAR.
352 PM JACKSON WV FAIRPLAIN SEVERAL TREES DOWN
AND BLOCKING ST. RTE
21.
500 PM- CLAY WV WALLBACK AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
515 PM BIG OTTER
430 PM- CALHOUN WV NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
500 PM
550 PM KANAWHA WV TORNADO NUMEROUS TREES AND
LINES DOWN AND
BLOCKING MAIN ROADS.
END/SITESLocal storm report, Jul 27, 7:02 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
700 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1995
...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR THURSDAY JULY 27TH...
TIME (EDT) COUNTY LOCATION EVENT
230 PM GALLIA OH GALLIPOLIS ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE.
CHURCH CAUGHT ON FIRE
FROM LIGHTNING
STRIKE.
230 PM GALLIA OH ST. RTE 850 AND 588
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
WATER.
330 PM KANAWHA WV ERN PORTIONS HAIL LARGE ENOUGH TO
DENT A CAR.
352 PM JACKSON WV FAIRPLAIN SEVERAL TREES DOWN
AND BLOCKING ST. RTE
21.
500 PM- CLAY WV WALLBACK AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
515 PM BIG OTTER
430 PM- CALHOUN WV NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
500 PM
550 PM KANAWHA WV TORNADO NUMEROUS TREES AND
LINES DOWN AND
BLOCKING MAIN ROADS.
END/SITESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd | 32 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.