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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Charleston, WV

September 1, 1995Logan County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 1995, 10:23 AM EDT for Logan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 1995, 10:23 AM EDT (14:23 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 1995, 11:15 AM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Logan County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 1995-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 454 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 1995-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
454 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 011425
SVRCRW
WVC045-011515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1023 AM EDT FRI SEP 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...LOGAN COUNTY
 
AT 1020 AM...CHARLESTON RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING OUT OF
MINGO COUNTY INTO LOGAN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20
MPH. THIS STORM WAS 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOGAN AND WILL MOVE SOUTH OF L
ABETWEEN 1030 AM AND 1045 AM. THIS STORM CONTAINS STRONG WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.
 
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.
 
SCHUMACHER/YOUNG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 10:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMingo34 min
Sep 1, 11:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWyoming39 min
Sep 1, 11:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh38 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.