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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV

May 10, 1995Carter County, Elliott County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 6:52 PM EDT for Carter County, Elliott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carter County, KY, Elliott County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 202 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 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-223 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1371 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 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 102247
SVRCRW
KYC043-063-102330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
652 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...CARTER COUNTY...ELLIOTT COUNTY
 
AT 650 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL OVER
ELLIOTT COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH AND WILL
MOVE INTO CARTER COUNTY.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMartin43 min
May 10, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMartin31 min
May 10, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMartin27 min
May 10, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoyd, Lawrence37 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.