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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV

March 23, 19954 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 1995, 2:21 AM EST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 1995, 2:21 AM EST (07:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 1995, 3:30 AM EST
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Lawrence County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 1995-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3107 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 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 
WUUS1 KCRW 230721 RRA
SVRCRW
KYC019-043-063-127-230830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
221 AM EST THU MAR 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...BOYD COUNTY...CARTER COUNTY...ELLIOTT COUNTY
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL IS MOVING INTO THE
WARNING AREA. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH...AND IS APT TO
PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN MANY AREAS. THIS STORM HAS A LONG HISTORY
OF WIDESPREAD 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.
 
EOM

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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.